This Paper introduces a new method of calculation on the number of accidental deaths among seafears world-wind Provided with completed data, a more accurate and reliable estimation is given.

The study examines 20-years of data on 36 world principal fleets and on worldfleets in general, analyses their developments, and particularly their safety records in terms of accidental total loss rates. This study confirms that the open-registry ships tend toward substandard ships. However,...

Compared with technical research on ships, there is lack of systematic data and research on maritime labour, their number, education and manning efficiency. Due to the high mobility of the profession and complication of jurisdictions, there is no exact figure of the number of seamen worldwide....

By examining 20 years data, the paper attempts to outline the safety and quality records of open registers, and to establish a relationship of accidental total loss rate with ship quality factors, e.g., certificate, crew performance and equipment indicated by detention rates. It confirms that...

Maritime safety has undergone considerable change in the past decades, particularly inits improved approach to risk quantification analysis. This article reviews the challenges of maritime safety analysis and the different approaches used to quantify the risks in maritime transportation. Formal...

Seventy years of accounting standards for M&A 2005 was the first year in history when the US, the UK and the (now very substantial) jurisdiction of international standards were governed by largely harmonised standards on accounting for business combinations. This paper charts the evolution of...

This paper examines the value relevance of goodwill impairment and the information content of impairment announcements with the introduction of Financial Reporting Standard (FRS) 11 in the UK in 1998 which allowed an annual impairment review as an alternative to capitalisation and subsequent...

In this paper we present a general equilibrium model to analyze competition between multiple venues (dealers), endogenous market segmentation, transaction speeds and fees, trading volume, optimal regulator's choice for taxing traders, and welfare in illiquid asset markets. Differences in trading...