Quantitative and qualitative aspects of maritime transport services

• Author: Florin Dan Puscaciu - Rosemarie Puscaciu
• Position: Professor, PhD, Danubius University of Galati, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Romania - Assistant Professor, PhD in progress, Danubius University of Galati, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Romania
• Pages: 565-571

Performance and Risks in the European Economy

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Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects

of Maritime Transport Services

Florin Dan Puscaciu

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, Rose-Marie Puscaciu

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Abstract: Through our study we want to approach some aspects of maritime transport services market in the

current global crisis. This approach takes into account, firstly in determining how tra nsportation fleet reacts to

the evolution of world trade and on the other hand to clarify the tendency of increasing transport capacity

even in crisis conditions. Therefore we intend t o address in detail the evolution of the global fleet and world

trade. Research conducted by econometric models at different times, as fleet capacity is a reaction at different

times, due to a production cycle of about two years in shipbuilding. I used the sof tware Eviews because it

allows easy data processing.

Keywords: world fleet; the maritime world trade; world fleet performance indicators

Jel Classification: L91; R48

Presentation

Offer of shipping increasingly evolved during 1990-2010, as you can see in the graphic number 1, the

tendency in which the global fleet responded to the increases in world trade carried by sea.

Figure 1. World fleet evolution during 1990-2010 - in tons dwt

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In terms of dimensional fleet in a year (t) is depended on the fleet from a previous year (t-1), the new

transport capacity in exportation entered when (t-1) and the decline in exportation due to various

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Professor, PhD, Danubius University of Galati, Faculty of Economic Sc iences, Romania, Address: 3 Galati Bl vd, Galati,

Romania, tel: +40372 361 102, fax: +40372 361 290, Corresponding author: fdpuscaciu@univ-danubius.ro

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Assistant Professor, PhD in progress, Danubius University of Galati, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Romania, Address: 3

Galati Blvd, Galati, Romania, tel: +40372 361 102, fax: +40372 361 290, e-mail: rosemarie.puscaciu@univ-danubius.ro

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