Shipping pool
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A shipping pool is a group of similar merchant vessels that are grouped together for administrative purposes. Their earnings are pooled and distributed to the vessel owners according to a prearranged agreement.[1][2]
Shipping pools
[edit]Shipping pools in various ship types
[edit]Shipping pools are very popular among tanker vessels but not so much in dry bulk vessels. [6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Packard, W. V. (1995). Shipping Pools. London: Lloyd’s of London Press.
- ↑ "Shipping pools: a competition law perspective – sink or swim?"
- ↑ "Torvald Klaveness", Norsk biografisk leksikon
- ↑ "Rederier med ny samseilingspool", Aftenposten Morgen 10.09.1985 p. 42
- ↑ "1989", Farstad shipping
- ↑ Mahmud, Ashraf (2023). "Evaluating the efficacy of shipping pools: an empirical analysis of tanker and dry bulk segments". World Maritime University. Retrieved 2025-11-12.