Course content
International Shipping Governance explores how international shipping is governed and how governance affects shipping companies and their performance. The course asks how shipping can become more efficient, competitive, greener, safer and a more attractive place to work. It trains students in applying governance theories to the study of international shipping and helps them to respond effectively and efficiently to international governance processes.
The course focuses on the main governance domains of international competition, environmental protection, maritime safety, and labour protection. It studies both public and private governance actors (including flag and port states, the IMO, the EU, classification societies, cargo-owners, financiers, and multi-stakeholder initiatives), and the main processes for shipping governance (including policy-making, implementation, compliance, and enforcement processes).
The course gives students analytical tools to study governance processes and provides them with concrete inputs on how shipping managers can navigate such processes. It enables them to formulate action plans for shipping companies to respond effectively to governance processes and improve company performance.
The course covers four main topics:
1. Governance actors
- International governance theories
- Public and private governance actors
2. Governance processes
- Policy-making processes
- Implementation, compliance, and enforcement processes
3. Governance domains
- International competition
- Environmental protection
- Labour protection
- Maritime safety
4. Governance outcomes
- Governance and shipping company performance
- Governance action plans for shipping companies
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