General Overview Of Activities

OSC was formed in 1985 as an independent economic consultancy company, specialising in shipping economics and port development. The company has developed an unequalled database for trade, port and shipping data, together with considerable accumulated expertise on the part of the principals and consultants who comprise the OSC team.

Types of assignments undertaken by OSC include :-

• Economic Feasibility Studies
• Port Development Projects
• Project Cost/Benefit Analysis
• Newbuilding Vessel Demand and Pricing
• Transport Systems Comparisons
• Commodity Forecasting
• Freight Market Analysis
• Barging/Inland Transport Studies
• Materials Handling Equipment Market Studies
• Transhipment Analysis
• Shipping Costs Studies
• Shipbuilding Market Studies
• Expert Witness 

Areas of specialist expertise include:

• Container Shipping and Port Development (container, reefer, intermodal, ports, terminals, handling)
• Shipyard and Newbuilding Studies (shipbuilding, shiprepair)
• Bulk Shipping Markets (bulk carrier, freight rates, spot market, time charter)
• Cement Trade & Shipping
• Liquid Bulk Shipping Markets
• Passenger Shipping
• Offshore Markets