Includes bibliographical references (pages 795-805).
Part I: Shipping and the global economy -- Global economy and seaborne trade -- Global shipbuilding dynamics -- Global shipowning dynamics -- Analysis of shipping markets -- Part II: Ship inovation -- Oil tankers -- Bulk carriers -- Container ships -- Gas tankers -- Chemical tankers -- Other ship types -- Shortsea shipping -- Ship costs -- Benchmarking, S-curves and innovation -- Trippers for shipping innovation -- Ports and shipping -- Part III: Innovation theory -- Innovation and wealth creation -- Innovation and business -- Innovation and the individual -- Innovation and creativity -- Innovation and maritime clusters -- European maritime clusters -- Part IV: Ship design and case-studies -- Ship terminology and design methods -- Container ship design -- Ro-ro vessel design -- Forest products ships -- Sustainable shipping -- Ballast-free ships -- Chemical tanker -- Malacca-max containership -- Thinking out of the box -- Chapter notes.