Download or read book Commercial Shipping Handbook written by Peter R. Brodie and published by Informa Law from Routledge. This book was released on 2006 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Commercial Shipping Handbook second edition provides a quick reference for everyone in international trade and a first step towards understanding the framework within which the international movement of goods is conducted. The book fills a need for a handbook that gives concise explanations of the many activities that compromise shipping, explaining the terms and how they interrelate. The second edition expands on the many areas covered in the first book." "The author Peter Brodie has again divided the book into concise entries, each dealing with an individual topic, for which there is an alphabetical index. With over 1250 commercial shipping terms and abbreviations defined and discussed, the second edition is an invaluable reference tool."--BOOK JACKET.