Introduction to Marine Cargo Management deals with a wide variety of subject areas relating to the maritime movement of goods, from the nature of cargo vessels and containerisation, global maritime organisations, through the use of international terms of delivery and freight costs, to the means and methods of developing strategies for greater efficiency in the international maritime movement of goods.

PART 1 – THE MARITIME SECTOR

PART II – THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA

PART III – AWARENESS, VIGILANCE & COMPLIANCE

Table of Contents:-

Introduction

PART 1 – THE MARITIME SECTOR

Chapter 1 – Overview of the UNCLOS

Chapter 2 – Vessel Traffic Monitoring

Chapter 3 – Types of Marine Cargo Traffic

PART II – THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA

Chapter 4 – Types of Cargo Vessel

Chapter 5 – The Nature of Cargoes

Chapter 6 – The History of Containerisation

Chapter 7 – Chartering

Chapter 8 – The INCOTERMS

Chapter 9 – Maritime Organisations

Chapter 10 – The Shipping Organisation & Shipping Process

Chapter 11 – Intermodalism

Chapter 12 – Maritime Cargo Legislation

Chapter 13 – Shipping Costs

Chapter 14 – Ro-Ro Shipments

Chapter 15 – Freight Documentation

Chapter 16 – Marine Insurance

Chapter 17 – The Influence of Payment Terms on Marine Cargo Documentation

Chapter 18 – Customs Maritime Cargo Reporting & Controls

Chapter 19 – Multimodal Information and the International Supply Chain

Chapter 20 – The Cargo Documentary Approach

Chapter 21 – The Duty of Disclosure, Dangerous Goods and Port information

Chapter 22 – Cargo Stowage and Loading

Chapter 23 – The IMO FAL Convention and the ISPS Code

Chapter 24 – A View from the Bridge, A View from the Shore, and the Role of the Shipping Agency

Chapter 25 – The Short Sea Sector and the Marine Motorway

Chapter 26 – Perceived Anomalies in Marine Reporting

Chapter 27 – Automatic Identification System (AIS)

PART III – AWARENESS, VIGILANCE & COMPLIANCE

Chapter 28 – The Audit Trail

Chapter 29 – ISO 28000/28001 and Six Sigma

Chapter 30 – Documentary and Procedural Requirements