an element of overall economics policy, expresses the attitude of the state to shipping
shipping policy can be understood as the totality of economic, legal and administrative measures by means of which state influences the position of its national fleet, that is, its place and role in the national economy and in international freight markets
the attitude of the state to its own merchant marine as a rule reflects indirectly its attitude to the fleets of other countries
2 aspects of shipping policy;
• foreign, expressing the attitude to other fleets
• domestic, to own merchant marine