Cascading effect in South East Asia and its impact on liner feeder services (Malaysia & Myanmar)

• Main Author: Kwek, Sherwin Ming Loong
• Other Authors: -
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2019
• Subjects: Science; Engineering::Maritime studies
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136556
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The liner shipping environment is a highly completive environment with low freight rates and a narrow profit margin. Acquiring bigger vessels to gain Economies of Scale (EOS) through spreading of the fixed cost across more containers is one popular way that many shipowners adopt to keep operating co...