The proportion of import iron ore to the total iron ore consumed in China has been increasing in recent years. In a result, China's import iron ore shipping market has been becoming larger than ever. For the purpose of China's import iron ore shipping market's development, viewing some new signs of the market at the turn of the century, this thesis, as a key point, expounds the problems existing in the market practice.By utilizing the theories of shipping market research and econometrics, this thesis systematically analyzes the state of China import iron ore shipping market, and forecasts the market demand. The thesis analyzes the optimum programs for vessel type planning through vessels'voyage benefit comparison by using a way of calculation in practice. These results could be valuable references for some shipping companies in our country. The thesis makes proposals for solving the problems brought up as well.
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