PhD Network: Introduction to shipping for maritime PhD fellows

On 18 February the MRA PhD network organized an afternoon session on introduction to shipping for maritime PhD fellows. The seminar was relevant to new PhD fellows who wanted an introduction to the maritime sector, experienced PhD fellows who wanted to know where their research fits into the bigger picture. Finally, it was relevant to PhD fellows who wanted to meet fellow junior scholars and build their network.

The instructor was Thomas Roslyng Olesen who has been teaching on maritime topics in the past 10 years at Copenhagen Business School and World Maritime University.

Venue: Copenhagen Business School, Kilevej 14, 2000 Frederiksberg, 2nd floor, room 2.53

Time: Wednesday 18 February 12.00-16.00

Program

12.00-13.00    Lunch & networking

13.00-13.45    The maritime sector and the shipping organization

13.45-14.00    coffee

14.00-14.45    maritime Governance – how is the maritime sector being regulated

14.45-15.00    coffee

15.00-16.00    maritime economics – supply and demand drivers in shipping

The maritime chain of transportation

Here we introduced the different actors in the maritime sector in Denmark and abroad – different shipping segments, agents, brokers, and ports etc. We also introduced the main activities of the shipping company – ownership of assets, technical management and commercial management models.

Maritime Governance

Here we introduced the role of regulatory actors in the maritime sector at different levels of governance. IMO and ILO at the UNI level, EU at the supra national level, regional actors, port states, flag states and coastal states, and the role of private actors.

Maritime economics

Here we introduced the drivers of supply and demand for international shipping and exemplified with recent developments in different segments.