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Capacity retirement in the dry bulk market: A vessel based logit model

Alizadeh-Masoodian, A., Strandenes, S.P. & Thanopoulou, H. (2016). Capacity retirement in the dry bulk market: A vessel based logit model. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 92, pp. 28-42. doi: 10.1016/j.tre.2016.03.005

Abstract

The paper investigates the effect of vessel specific and market variables on the probability of scrapping dry bulk ships. Using a dataset from 2012 to 2015, we find that the probability of scrapping increases with age, but that the relation between vessel size and scrapping probability varies across the different segments. In addition, while the relation between earnings and probability of scrapping ships is negative, bunker prices seem to affect only the scrapping rate of smaller tonnage. Scrapping probability also increases with an increase in interest rates, freight market volatility and scrap steel prices.

Publication Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2016, Elsevier. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Publisher Keywords: Capacity retirement, Scrapping probability, Dry bulk market, Logit, Shipping crisis
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Departments: Bayes Business School > Finance
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