Abhatoo - Centre Nationale de Documentation

I. Development of international seaborne trade
A. World economic background
B. World seaborne trade
II. Structure and ownership of the world fleet
A. Structure of the world fleet
B. Ownership of the world fleet
C. Registry of vessels
D. Shipbuilding, the second-hand market and demolition
III. Productivity of the world fleet and supply and demand in world shipping
A. Operational productivity
B. Supply and demand in world shipping
C. Comparison of cargo turnover and fleet ownership
IV. Trade and freight markets
A. Liner shipping market
B. Dry bulk shipping market
C. Oil and oil products seaborne freight market
D. Estimates of total freight costs in world trade
V. Port development
A. Institutional change
B. Container port traffic
C. Guidelines on port privatization
VI.Trade and transport efficiency
A. Electronic commerce - developments affecting maritime transport
B. EDI messages for ports
C. Advance Cargo Information System
D. Developments in multimodal transport
VII. Review of regional developments: Asian economic and maritime transport developments
A. The Asian financial crisis
B. Manufacturing and trading
C. Intra-Asian trade and development
D. Asia's global trade and transport service
E. Estimates of freight costs in Asia