Risk Management in Shipping and Industry

Dear Colleagues,

After the recent financial crisis, most transport activities have been highly evaluated with regard to their associated risks. In addition, financial services are covered by specialised products to protect the initial capital, the conditions of the agreement, exchange rates, premiums, and other related issues. For the industry, in addition to the financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have created a mix of uncertainties and irregularities in production, distribution and availability of final goods in markets, leading to additional coverage and higher insurance premiums depending on the level of risk associated with these activities.

For full protection, the shipping sector and the industry have organized risk units, using advanced quantitative and qualitative models and analysing business scenarios and financial conditions to overlap disturbances and unforeseen consequences during the times of disturbance ahead.

This Special Issue is designed to cover issues in the broad area of risks, uncertainties, irregularities and asymmetries in economics and finance, providing reliable solutions to the main problem of the best allocation of business resources in combination with the business benefit and consumers’ satisfaction.

We encourage authors to submit their manuscripts related, but not limited, to the following topics:

• Optimum risk;
• Business risk and benefits;
• Maritime transport risk;
• Commercial risk;
• Risk in trading commodities;
• Transfer risk;
• Mathematical risk models;
• Quantitative and qualitative applications related to risk;
• Cost benefit analysis;
• Project evaluation and approval;
• Real estate risk models;
• Financial risk.

Prof. Dr. Eleftherios I. Thalassinos
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Risks is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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