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.{{cite book |last=Packard |first=W. V. |title=Shipping Pools |publisher=Lloyd’s of London Press |location=London |year=1995}}[http://www.hfw.com/Shipping-pools-a-competition-law-perspective-February-2015 "Shipping pools: a competition law perspective – sink or swim?"]
Shipping pools
- A/S Bulkhandling (established during the 1960s)[https://nbl.snl.no/Torvald_Klaveness "Torvald Klaveness"], Norsk biografisk leksikon
- NOROBO (established 1984)"Rederier med ny samseilingspool", Aftenposten Morgen 10.09.1985 p. 42
- NPC/Norwegian Pipecarriers (established 1989)[https://www.farstad.com/document.aspx?&menu=121&id=613&ajax=1&t=14.06.2015%2006:06:13 "1989"], Farstad shipping
Shipping pools in various ship types
Shipping pools are very popular among tanker vessels but not so much in dry bulk vessels. [https://commons.wmu.se/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3307&context=all_dissertations "Evaluating the efficacy of shipping pools : an empirical analysis of
tanker and dry bulk segments"], by Ashraf Mahmud, 2023