Liner Shipping
AN INTRODUCTION TO LINER SHIPPING BUSINESS
NATURE AND SCOPE OF LINER SHIPPING BUSINESS:
LINER SHIPPING BUSINESS
A BRIEF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF SHIPPING
THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF LINER SERVICE
THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF TRAMP SERVICE
TYPES OF LINER SERVICE OPERATORS
THE IMPORTANCE & NEED FOR LINER SERVICE
LINER TRADE ROUTES
A BRIEF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF SHIPPING:
The spirit of enquiry - looking beyond the forests, mountains, deserts & oceans.
The era of explorations
European expeditions
Discovery of the Americas
The Suez and Panama canals and other canals/waterways changed the course of shipping
Industrial Revolution
Increase in trade
Newer markets and opportunities
Large-scale shipping lines only became widespread in the nineteenth century, after the development of the steamship in 1783. Great Britain was the center of development of the shipping line. In 1819 the first steamship crossing of the Atlantic Ocean took place. By 1833 shipping lines had begun to operate steamships between Britain and British Empire possessions such as India and Canada.
Three major British shipping lines were founded in the 1830s:
The British and American Steam Navigation Company.
The Great Western Steamship Company
The Peninsular Steam Navigation Company.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
1. Evolution of Shipping as an industry that arose from man’s quest for seeking new frontiers and later on played a major role in world trade.
2. Growth of markets from local to neighbouring settlements / villages / towns/cities/countries and continents across the oceans in the 18th century. Seafaring communities could be found all over the world, the Egyptians, the Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Norwegians, the British, the Dutch, the Portuguese, the Chinese, the Indians and many more.
3. Discovery of new continents: The Americas and routes to various countries. The major man-made
NATURE AND SCOPE OF LINER SHIPPING BUSINESS:
LINER SHIPPING BUSINESS
A BRIEF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF SHIPPING
THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF LINER SERVICE
THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF TRAMP SERVICE
TYPES OF LINER SERVICE OPERATORS
THE IMPORTANCE & NEED FOR LINER SERVICE
LINER TRADE ROUTES
A BRIEF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF SHIPPING:
The spirit of enquiry - looking beyond the forests, mountains, deserts & oceans.
The era of explorations
European expeditions
Discovery of the Americas
The Suez and Panama canals and other canals/waterways changed the course of shipping
Industrial Revolution
Increase in trade
Newer markets and opportunities
Large-scale shipping lines only became widespread in the nineteenth century, after the development of the steamship in 1783. Great Britain was the center of development of the shipping line. In 1819 the first steamship crossing of the Atlantic Ocean took place. By 1833 shipping lines had begun to operate steamships between Britain and British Empire possessions such as India and Canada.
Three major British shipping lines were founded in the 1830s:
The British and American Steam Navigation Company.
The Great Western Steamship Company
The Peninsular Steam Navigation Company.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
1. Evolution of Shipping as an industry that arose from man’s quest for seeking new frontiers and later on played a major role in world trade.
2. Growth of markets from local to neighbouring settlements / villages / towns/cities/countries and continents across the oceans in the 18th century. Seafaring communities could be found all over the world, the Egyptians, the Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Norwegians, the British, the Dutch, the Portuguese, the Chinese, the Indians and many more.
3. Discovery of new continents: The Americas and routes to various countries. The major man-made