Faustino Taderera read for an MBA degree at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UK and then registered for a PhD in Business Administration at the government run Asia E- University in Malaysia in 2009 from SMC in Switzerland. Professor FT as he is affectionately known by friends/acquaintances, is a prolific, talented writer.

Professor Faustino Taderera, the celebrity and towering figure, is the most published and finest Shipping/Supply Chain Management & International Business brains ever produced by Zimbabwe and the African continent, an academic icon and guru nicknamed, The Tom Peters of Zimbabwe, Africa and the Middle East. His students call him, The Rumbler, The Caterpillar, The Rollercoaster and King Solomon, mainly for his passion, depth and incisive research in these areas. This book, Principles of Shipping, his 59th book, is a unique set book for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Shipping and Logistics. Professor Faustino Taderera is now one of the world's most eminent and distinguished international marketing strategists. Professor Faustino always says, Golden fish have no hiding place. I am the Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Solomon and Joseph of my time, the Gift of Zimbabwe, Africa and the World. He is a much sought after global academic and professional BRAND.