Modeling the dry-docking cost - The case of tankers

Journal of Ship Production

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 134-143

  Apostolidis, Agamemnon ^a   Kokarakis, John ^b   Merikas, Andreas ^c  

^a Technical Division   (Greece)

^b American Bureau of Shipping   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Economics (operational); Maintenance; Repair; Shipyards

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES; DECISION MAKERS; GENERALIZED METHOD OF MOMENTS; INTEGRAL PART; PERSIAN GULF; SHIPPING COMPANIES; SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS MODEL; TIME SPAN;

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; MAINTENANCE; REPAIR; SHIPYARDS; TANKERS (SHIPS);

SHIPBUILDING;

EID: 84865477325     PISSN: 87561417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5957/JSPD.28.3.110039     Document Type: Article

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