1. An Overview of the Shipping Market 2. Shipping Supply, Demand and Market Cycles 3. Shipping Costs, Revenue and Financial Performance 4. The International Framework of Maritime Economics 5. General Cargo and the Economics 6. Bulk Cargo and the Economics of Bulk Shipping 7. The Economics of Ships and Ship Designs 8. The Economics of Merchant Shipbuilding and Ship Scrapping 9. Maritime Forecasting and Market Research