Investigation into the optimum acquisition and employment strategy with the concentration on the vlcc east of Suez market

• Main Author: Ng, Li Fang.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Maritime studies
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52874
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Risk is present and inevitable in every business venture but the impacts are more pronounced in the shipping market, especially in the Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) sector. Using quantitative analysis of historical data and utilizing Markowitz’s Portfolio Optimization Model, this paper aims to det...