Inhoud
Les 1: Introductie .................................................................................................. 4
1.1 Examen ....................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Topics .......................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Video ........................................................................................................... 4
Les 2+3: Shipping routes and types + shipping a truly international business ............... 5
2.1 Shipping routes ............................................................................................. 5
2.1.1 Main shipping routes ................................................................................ 5
2.1.2 Maritime bottlenecks ................................................................................ 5
2.2 Types of ships ............................................................................................... 6
2.2.1 Structure of the market ............................................................................ 6
2.2.2 General cargo ......................................................................................... 6
2.2.3 Specialized cargo ..................................................................................... 7
2.2.4 Bulk cargo .............................................................................................. 7
2.2.5 Passenger ships ....................................................................................... 7
2.2.6 Service ships ........................................................................................... 8
2.2.7 Technical ships ........................................................................................ 9
2.3 Dimensions .................................................................................................. 9
2.3.1 When ships were made from wood and sailors from steel ............................. 9
2.3.2 Size matters + mine is bigger than yours ................................................... 9
2.3.3 Comparison ...........................................................................................10
2.3.4 Linear dimensions ...................................................................................10
2.3.5 Tonnage capacity ....................................................................................10
2.3.6 Conclusion .............................................................................................11
2.4 Shipping, a truly international business ...........................................................11
2.5 Where does it happen? .................................................................................12
2.5.1 Globalized production of ‘maritime transport’ .............................................12
2.6 Maritime development ..................................................................................14
2.6.1 Developing countries become important ....................................................14
2.6.2 Countries specialize ................................................................................14
2.7 An example: Malaysia ...................................................................................15
2.8 A few other countries ....................................................................................15
2.8 les 3: on campus ..........................................................................................16
2.8.1 Part one – lecture 1 ................................................................................16
2.8.2 Part two – lecture 2 ................................................................................17
Les 4+5: Shipping demand & supply .......................................................................17
4.1 Demand for maritime shipping .......................................................................17
4.1.1 Drivers of demand ..................................................................................18
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4.1.2 Economic activity ....................................................................................18
4.1.3 Maritime transport ..................................................................................19
4.1.4 Fleet demand .........................................................................................20
4.1.5 Ship construction ....................................................................................21
4.2 Supply of maritme shipping ...........................................................................22
4.2.1 Supply meets demand .............................................................................22
4.2.2 Shipping markets ...................................................................................22
4.2.3 The freight market ..................................................................................23
4.2.4 Shipping cycle ........................................................................................24
4.2.5 Alliances ................................................................................................26
4.2.6 Ship building and scrapping .....................................................................26
4.3 Les 5: on campus .........................................................................................27
4.3.1 Question 1 .............................................................................................27
4.3.2 Question 2 .............................................................................................28
Les 6+7: Shipping costs + line operations ...............................................................28
6.1 Shipping costs .............................................................................................28
6.1.1 Cost model ............................................................................................28
6.1.2 Operating costs ......................................................................................29
6.1.3 Voyage costs ..........................................................................................31
6.1.4 Capital costs ..........................................................................................33
6.1.5 Revenue ................................................................................................34
6.2 Shipping line operations ................................................................................35
6.2.1 Shipping line ..........................................................................................35
6.2.2 Shipping cycle ........................................................................................37
6.2.3 Price and its components .........................................................................39
6.2.4 Shipping lines in Belgium .........................................................................42
6.2.5 IMO ......................................................................................................42
6.3 Les 7: on campus .........................................................................................43
6.3.1 Question 1: Cost of a shipping line ............................................................43
6.3.2 Question 2: Shipping operations line .........................................................43
6.3.3 Question 3: shipping cycle .......................................................................44
Les 8+9: Short sea shipping + (dis)economies of scale in container shipping ...............44
8.1 The role of short sea shipping in the intermodal transport chain .........................44
8.1.1 Inventing the wheel? ...............................................................................44
8.1.2 Definition ...............................................................................................44
8.1.3 The maritime transport market .................................................................45
8.1.4 The hub and spoke model ........................................................................45
8.1.4 Feeder...................................................................................................45
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8.1.5 Motorways of the Sea ..............................................................................45
8.1.6 Challenge ..............................................................................................46
8.1.7 Volumes ................................................................................................46
8.1.8 Cargo ....................................................................................................47
8.1.9 Fastest way? ..........................................................................................47
8.1.10 Multimodality – intermodality – synchromodality.......................................47
8.1.11 Emission: Green deal & Fit for 55 ............................................................48
8.2 (Dis) economies of scale in container shipping .................................................48
8.2.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................48
8.2.2 Development of container ships ................................................................48
8.2.3 Berth workload .......................................................................................50
8.2.4 Quay crane workload ..............................................................................51
8.2.5 Conclusion .............................................................................................51
8.3 Les 9: on-campus ........................................................................................52
8.3.1 The role of the SSS in the intermodal chain ...............................................52
8.3.2 Development of the container ..................................................................52
Les 10+11: Inland water transport + Innovation, sustainability, digital transformation
and resilience and innovation .................................................................................53
10.1 Inland Water Ways (IWT) ............................................................................53
10.1.1 Definitions ...........................................................................................53
10.1.2 Network of rivers and canals ..................................................................53
10.1.3 Cargo ..................................................................................................54
10.1.4 Types of vessels ...................................................................................56
10.1.5 Market .................................................................................................56
10.1.6 Infrastructure .......................................................................................57
10.1.7 Sustainability ...................................................................................58
10.1.8 Pre and post haulage inland hubs ............................................................58
10.1.9 Estuary shipping ...................................................................................59
10.1.10 Competitive position of inland shipping ..................................................59
10.2 Innovation, sustainability, digital transformation and resilience and innovation ..59
10.2.1 Definitions ...........................................................................................59
10.2.2 Innovations ..........................................................................................61
10.2.3 Sustainability .......................................................................................61
10.2.4 Digital transformation ............................................................................62
10.2.5 Resilience ............................................................................................62
10.3 Les 11: on campus .....................................................................................63
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Les 1: Introductie
1.1 Examen
• 4 credits
• 12 course hours
• Written exam, closed book
• Pre-requisites: Basic knowledge of economics, business economics and logistics
Final competences:
• You have insight into transport, flows of goods and information, processes and
regulations within the logistics sector, into general business and organisational
processes and their interrelationships, and can apply this insight in a broad,
globalised, changing and (inter)national context.
• You can communicate fluently and spontaneously, including technical communication
in the professional field, in written and oral English.
Lecture material:
• Asynchronous videos with theory
• Synchronous (online or on-campus) application and Q&A
• Slides and assorted texts (via Digitap)
Evaluation:
• 80% examen
• 20% PE
1.2 Topics
• Deep sea shipping
• Short sea shipping
• Inland waterway transport
• International agreements
1.3 Video
Questions video:
1. What was the video about? How important shipping is in supply chain. Transport by
road is not the most important.
2. Which company was mentioned in the video? Maersk: value is as big as Microsoft
3. What about the whales, is that important? No
4. Is shipping polluting? Yes and no, bcs today there already doing a lot for more
sustainable ways to transfer by ship. If you compare trucks with ships, one truck is
less polluting than a ship, but a ship has a lot of containers. As a transport mode it is
cleaner in ton/km.
5. What is the alternative for ‘dirty’ shipping? Only way is to stop shipping but that is
not possible
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