Ocean Shipping Consultants is highly regarded throughout world shipping markets in general, and has been at the forefront of independent market analysis and appraisal in many shipping sectors - including dry bulk, tanker, container, gas, offshore, cruise, general cargo - for a number of years.
  
The company has published in-depth, analytical market reports on all aspects of international trade, shipping and commodity handling - these reports have been repeatedly purchased by the world's major shipping companies, financial institutions, ports, shipyards, commodity traders, equipment manufacturers etc. Consequently, the OSC name has become synonymous with high-quality, independent trade and shipping-market analysis.

This applies to all major types of international shipping - including crude carriers, product tankers, bulk carriers, containerships, gas carriers, reefer ships, ro-ro vessels, cruise ships, ferries, self-unloaders, general cargo vessels and offshore vessels.

OSC has also undertaken a large number of consultancy projects for individual clients.


Recent projects can be viewed by clicking on the subject area tabs below:

• Bulk Shipping
• Cement
• Container Ports and Shipping
• Cruise
• Ferries
• Gas Carriers
• Offshore
• Shipbuilding and Repair
• Tankers

Bulk Shipping

Purchase plan for bulk carriers (Greece) Economic analysis of new bulk carrier design for a shipyard (W.Europe) Future market for self-unloading bulk carriers (USA) Market prospects and future freight rates for Handy-Size vessels (Japan) Development of Pacific bulk markets (USA) Investment opportunities in dry bulk sector (Norway) Coal shipping in 2000 (USA) Comparative shipping costs & freight rates (Australia) Analysis of future shipbuilding prices & competition in the dry bulk carrier sector (Norway) Feasibility study on new bulk shipping company launch (Greece/Hong Kong) Analysis of future secondhand prices for Cape-size bulk carriers (Norway) Economics of self-unloading bulk carrier usage (UK)

Cement

Economics of using floating terminal for imports (W.Europe) Optimum handling & shipping system for cement (W.Africa) New equipment for cement handling terminal (W.Europe) Comparative shipping costs & freight rates (Spain) Analysis of future freight rates in cement shipping (W.Europe)

Container Ports and Shipping

Development of a Marketing Study for a new Mediterranean container terminal (Italy) Market study for port expansion in a major UK container port (UK) Baltic container transshipment study (Sweden) Modernisation and development of transshipment operations in the Caribbean (Jamaica) General cargo and container short-sea market study in Europe (UK) Port development and dry cargo shipment in SE Asia (Singapore) Irish port development and containerisation (Ireland) Black Sea port modification and container demand growth (Bulgaria) Investment appraisal for container fleet investment in Latin American trades (Colombia) Market analysis for dry cargo fleet acquisition (USA) The establishment of design criteria for a family of containership designs (France)

Cruise

Purchase plan for cruise ship Economic analysis of new fast ferry design Future market for fast ferries Development of Asian cruise market Purchase plan for ferries The ferry market in 2000 Analysis of future shipbuilding prices for cruise ships Feasibility study on new cruise line launch Feasibility study on new cruise terminal development Forecast cruise passenger volumes development Analysis of future secondhand prices for ferries Investment opportunities in cruise & ferry sector Feasibility study of cruise terminal development

Ferries

Future yard competitiveness Fast ferry newbuilding prices Potential inter-yard cooperation Future demand for ro-ro ferries Future ferry deployment Ferry terminal development Future trends in ro-ro cargo volumes Future ferry prices Competitivity of ferry v. alternative transport in specific Asian markets UK Channel ferry traffic volume development after the Channel Tunnel

Gas Carriers

Potential future LNG carrier newbuilding prices and secondhand values (Japan) Purchase plan for LPG carrier (Greece) Economic analysis of new LPG vessel design for a shipyard (Korea) Future newbuilding demand for specific sizes of LPG carrier (Norway) Economics of LNG transportation on a specific supply project (European consortium) Future LPG carrier newbuilding prices (Norway) Investment opportunities in gas carriers (UK) Analysis of future shipbuilding prices & competition in LNG (Norway) Future LNG supply/demand and trade prospects (USA)

Offshore

FPSO Vessel - Economics of Newbuilding v. Conversion (Norway) Future rig newbuilding prices (S.Korea) Mobile Rig Market Prospects (Norway) Market prospects for offshore supply vessels (USA) Market Outlook for FPSO Vessels (UK) Mobile Rig & Supply Vessel Employment : Middle East Mobile Rig & Supply Vessel Employment : S.America Mobile Rig & Supply Vessel Employment : SE Asia Employment Prospects for FPSO Vessels (Norway) Future yard capacity Future fleet scrapping volumes Trends in vessel conversions Economics of vessel scrapping & life extension programmes Future freight market development Development of secondhand prices Optimum investment strategies Energy demand prospects Economics of newbuilding/secondhand vessel market

Shipbuilding and Repair

Feasibility study on new yard development (Australia) Analysis of potential significance of FSU yard capacity (Japan) Future bulk carrier & tanker newbuilding volumes and prices (S.Korea) Economic analysis of new vessel design for a shipyard (France) Future newbuilding demand for specific sizes of bulk carrier (South America) Future levels & prices of Suezmax and VLCC newbuildings (multi-national oil major) Future tanker newbuilding prices (Japan) Analysis of future shipbuilding prices & competition (USA) Future market prospects for privatised shipyard (Poland)

Tankers

Purchase plan for tankers (Greece) Economic analysis of new tanker design for shipyard (W.Europe) Market prospects & future freight rates for specialist tankers (Japan) Analysis of future newbuilding prices for tankers (Norway) Future yard competition for product tanker newbuilding orders (USA) Investment opportunities in tanker sector (Norway) Market prospects for combined carriers (Sweden) Future freight rates & newbuilding prices for crude carriers (Norway) Feasibility study on new bulk shipping company launch (Greece/Hong Kong) Analysis of future secondhand prices for large tankers (Switzerland) Future fleet development and repair activity for VLCCs (Singapore)