TURKISH SHIPOWNERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THIRD PARTY SHIP MANAGEMENT COMPANIES: A MARKET RESEARCH STUDY

Volume: 6 Number: 1 November 4, 2015
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TURKISH SHIPOWNERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THIRD PARTY SHIP MANAGEMENT COMPANIES: A MARKET RESEARCH STUDY

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the Turkish ship owners’
perceptions of third party ship management companies and the demands for
the services of these companies from Turkish shipowners. As a methodology,
literature review and telephone structured interviews have been utilized. The
frequency analysis as a statistical method was used to analyze the results of
the interviews. The population of the study consists of the Turkish shipowners
who have any kinds of vessels with the capacity of 1000 gross tons and over.
The results of the study revealed that big portion of Turkish shipowners, 80%
of the sample, are not willing to give their vessels to the management of third
party ship management companies. Although a small portion of owners takes
on the management services, they do not frequently assign full management
to third parties. This is because of the fact that Turkish shipowners
traditionally operate their vessels themselves and they prefer to have
complete control over them. In fact, Turkish shipowners joining the study do
not trust in the third party ship management companies. Even the owners
using the third party management companies prefer to keep complete control
over the management companies.

Keywords

Third party ship management, ship owning, market research

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APA
Çetin, İ., & Cerit, A. (2015). TURKISH SHIPOWNERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THIRD PARTY SHIP MANAGEMENT COMPANIES: A MARKET RESEARCH STUDY. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Denizcilik Fakültesi Dergisi, 6(1), 111-136. https://doi.org/10.18613/deudfd.34793
AMA
1.Çetin İ, Cerit A. TURKISH SHIPOWNERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THIRD PARTY SHIP MANAGEMENT COMPANIES: A MARKET RESEARCH STUDY. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Denizcilik Fakültesi Dergisi. 2015;6(1):111-136. doi:10.18613/deudfd.34793
Chicago
Çetin, İsmail, and A.güldem Cerit. 2015. “TURKISH SHIPOWNERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THIRD PARTY SHIP MANAGEMENT COMPANIES: A MARKET RESEARCH STUDY”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Denizcilik Fakültesi Dergisi 6 (1): 111-36. https://doi.org/10.18613/deudfd.34793.
EndNote
Çetin İ, Cerit A (November 1, 2015) TURKISH SHIPOWNERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THIRD PARTY SHIP MANAGEMENT COMPANIES: A MARKET RESEARCH STUDY. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Denizcilik Fakültesi Dergisi 6 1 111–136.
IEEE
[1]İ. Çetin and A. Cerit, “TURKISH SHIPOWNERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THIRD PARTY SHIP MANAGEMENT COMPANIES: A MARKET RESEARCH STUDY”, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Denizcilik Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 111–136, Nov. 2015, doi: 10.18613/deudfd.34793.
ISNAD
Çetin, İsmail - Cerit, A.güldem. “TURKISH SHIPOWNERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THIRD PARTY SHIP MANAGEMENT COMPANIES: A MARKET RESEARCH STUDY”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Denizcilik Fakültesi Dergisi 6/1 (November 1, 2015): 111-136. https://doi.org/10.18613/deudfd.34793.
JAMA
1.Çetin İ, Cerit A. TURKISH SHIPOWNERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THIRD PARTY SHIP MANAGEMENT COMPANIES: A MARKET RESEARCH STUDY. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Denizcilik Fakültesi Dergisi. 2015;6:111–136.
MLA
Çetin, İsmail, and A.güldem Cerit. “TURKISH SHIPOWNERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THIRD PARTY SHIP MANAGEMENT COMPANIES: A MARKET RESEARCH STUDY”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Denizcilik Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 1, Nov. 2015, pp. 111-36, doi:10.18613/deudfd.34793.
Vancouver
1.İsmail Çetin, A.güldem Cerit. TURKISH SHIPOWNERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THIRD PARTY SHIP MANAGEMENT COMPANIES: A MARKET RESEARCH STUDY. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Denizcilik Fakültesi Dergisi. 2015 Nov. 1;6(1):111-36. doi:10.18613/deudfd.34793