Effectiveness of forward freight agreements in mitigating handymax bulk ship-owners' business risks between 2006 and 2015

• Main Author: Foo, Rae Yun Xi
• Other Authors: Soh Woei Liang
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Maritime studies::Maritime management and business
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70861
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Shipowners are constantly exposed to several types of risks while operating in a volatile freight market. In order to reduce their risk exposure, shipowners have to employ various risk management tools. Traditional physical hedging tools, such as the Time Charters (TC), have been utilized by shipown...