IN BRIEF

Logistics in western China becomes new hot point for shipping industry The sustained and fast growth of Chinese economy, China having 'one foot in the WTO' virtually as well as the strategy of developing western China and so on, have offered infinite commercial opportunities for the continuous prosperity of shipping industry. AP Moller Group, the giant in the logistics industry, has marched into Chengdu, Sichuan Province, where the Group is very likely to build the largest logistics company in western China. Being perfectly in harmony without previous     

THE YEAR OF DRAGON,A YEAR OF ENCOURAGING AND CHALLENGING

The Chinese people have just celebrated the Spring Festival, the Year of Dragon. Viewing back to the past year and looking to the future of the new year, I'm full of confidence on China's economy, and as a shipping man, even more delighted to see the recovery of Chinese shipping market and its booming prospects. 1. RAPID AND HEALTHY ECONOMIC GROWTH SUSTAINABLE China has succeeded in keeping its economy at a reasonable growth rate in the past year-the gross domestic product (GDP) for 1999 reached 7.1 per cent, which is very     

2005FIGURES OF WORLD SHIPPING （CHINA）SUMMIT年会人物：MITSUI 0.S.K. LINES,EXCELLENT AND RESILIENT COMPANY

Personal history I began my career with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines （MOL） upon graduation from Kyoto University in 1967. During my 38year career at the company, I have been involved in a broad range of maritime activities, and have witnessed dramatic changes in the industry as it has sought to meet the changing needs of societies and the globalization of economies. Key events in my career include a posting to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines＇ San Francisco Representative Office from 1975 to 1979;becoming a staff officer of the Planning Division in 1987, followed by a promotion to Deputy General Manager of the Division in 1988; appointment as General Manager of Europe and Oceania Division in 1993; being elected to a directorship in 1996; promotion to Managing Director in 1998, Senior Managing Director in 2000, Deputy President in 2003, and finally President in 2004. For me, the shipping industry is both a business and a passion. I am extremely excited about the changes and challenges that lie ahead for the industry as we begin the 21^st Century, and consider myself to be in a most enviable position leading Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, a company at the vanguard of shipping developments, in these exhilarating times.     

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＂Opinions＂ issued by the Ministry of Transport P.R. China recently
Approved by the Ministry of Transport P.R. China, ＂Several Opinions about Promoting the Healthy Development of Transformation and Upgrading of Shipping Industry＂ （hereinafter referred to as ＂Opinions＂） has been issued recently. The ＂Opinions＂ is made up of 20 articles, containing the five aspects of capacity regulation, transformation and upgrading, market supervision, reducing the burden of enterprises and improving the service level. The aim is to deal with the current severe situation faced by the shipping industry actively, promote the steady and healthy development of the shipping market in China. The content of the 20 pieces of opinions is really solid, with high maneuverability. In a word, the ＂Opinions＂ provide timely help to the shipping industry in ＂cold winter＂. Each enterprises should know how to combine their own actual situation with the specific implementation. Generally speaking, the larger scale the enterprises have, the greater benefit they will get.P18     

MITSUI 0.S.K. LINES,EXCELLENT AND RESILIENT COMPANY

Personal history I began my career with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) upon graduation from Kyoto University in 1967. During my 38-year career at the company, I have been involved in a broadrange of maritime activities, and have witnessed dramaticchanges in the industry as it has sought to meet the changingneeds of societies and the globalization of economies. Keyevents in my career include a posting to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines'San Francisco Representative Office from 1975 to 1979;becoming a staff officer of the Planning Division in 1987,followed by a promotion to Deputy General Manager of theDivision in 1988; appointment as General Manager of Europeand Oceania Division in 1993; being elected to a directorshipin 1996; promotion to Managing Director in 1998, SeniorManaging Director in 2000, Deputy President in 2003, andfinally President in 2004. For me, the shipping industry isboth a business and a passion. I am extremely excited aboutthe changes and challenges that lie ahead for the industry aswe begin the 21st Century, and consider myself to be in amost enviable position leading Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, acompany at the vanguard of shipping developments, in theseexhilarating times.     

C C TUNG,WE TAKE IT PERSONALLY

Personal history Mr. CC Tung was born into the world of shipping but had to earn his position as the leader of Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL) through hard work and vision. Mr. Tung was educated and trained as an engineer and received his B…     

CHINESE OCEAN SHIPPING INDUSTRY

Professor D. Daryl Wyckoff teaches in the Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A. He visited China from November to December in 1981. This paper was written as a seminar material at a course on international shipping after he returned to the United States. It is noted on the paper that "This ease was prepared by Professor D. Daryl Wyckoff as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation."This paper gives the historical background and a general survey of China's ocean shipping industry. It covers commodity flow and trades, fleet development, shipbuilding industry, and international agreements.the development of China's ocean shipping industry attracts world attention. There are quite a number of reports published abroad, some of which are quoted in this paper together with the author's own opinion. We publish this paper only for presenting some reference material from abroad and it does not mean that we agree with the author's opinion or confirm any thing in this paper.     

Window to China

China is to apply for joining IMO voluntary audit scheme next year to protect the interests of Chinese shipping industry and the good image of a large shipping country, China plans to apply for joining IMO voluntary audit scheme in the second half of 2007…     

2050 for the shipping industry

正On April 13,2018,London,United Kingdom,the 72nd Meeting of the IMO Maritime Environment Protection Committee(MEPC72)finally formed and adopted the first initial strategy in shipping industry history to reduce shipping CO_2 and greenhouse gas emissions.For the shipping industry emission reduction targets that are of particular concern to the industry,there are three main conclusions:First,to further implement and     

The Change of Maritime Industry

The year of 2012 has left people many unpleasant memories,i.e.the news related to the deficit of shipping enterprises lingered in our ears,the shortage of ship orders and bankruptcy of shipping enterprises appeared one after another,and a fierce battle was once again waged among the shipbuilding industries of China,Japan and South Korea in the downturn.In 2012,the legendary year of doomsday,who on earth can survive in the face of hardships? According to a saying,poverty gives rise to the desire for change,and the shipbuilding industry will seek change in the downturn of shipping market.     

基于内聚力单元法的船舶与重叠冰碰撞数值模拟研究（英文）

The gradual increase in shipping and drilling activities in the Arctic regions has resulted in the increased importance of studying the structural safety of polar ships in various ice conditions. Rafted ice refers to a type of accumulated and overlapped sea ice; it is driven by external forces, such as wind and waves, and may exert high loads on ships and threaten their structural safety. Therefore, the properties of rafted ice and the construction of numerical models should be studied before ex...     

ABSTRACTS

The China Shipping Prosperity Index （CSPI） for the third quarter has climbed 15 points from the second quarter to 101.7 points, back to positive territory, which is above 100 points, according to the latest report form Shanghai International Shipping Institute （SISI）. This is the first time since the third quarter of 2011 that the CSPI returned to above the critical level. In the past two years, withering trade and overcapacity pushed the Chinese shipping industry down to a historical bottom. In the third quarter of 2012, when the CSPI fell to only 78 points, about 60 per cent of carriers in China suffered severe loss. Since the second quarter of this year, the Chinese government＇s policies to secure growth have taken effect and spurred an obvious growth in the country＇s investments and exports, which brought hope to the shipping market. The Baltic Dry Index has risen to over 2,100 points by far, a sharp increase of 180 per cent from the beginning of this year. The index surged nearly 80 per cent in September. The container shipping industry also shares the general improvement of the market. Since July, there have been several attempts to introduce rate increase. The spot rate from Shanghai to Europe was once more than doubled. Part of the carriers might be able to reverse their loss in the third quarter. However, the recovery might not be sustainable, as China is very likely to be able to meet the GDP target of 7.5 per cent growth and there will not be further policies to boost domestic economy. Meanwhile, the rebound of rates has stimulated deployment of new tonnage. Statistics show, capacity on Asia-Europe lane grew about three per cent in September but demand is not stable. The supply-demand imbalance caused a decrease of over US$100 per TEU in the container shipping rates in the last week of September.SISl＇s report estimated that the CSPI in the fourth quarter will be 99.56 points, falling again below the critical level. In face of such challenges,     

航运EDI增值信息系统的开发

1 Introduction Since the 80's, EDI, as a kind of important information technology based on the computer and communication technology, has made the extremely remarkable achievement in the field of shipping. Meanwhile, with the quick development of information technology, traditional shipping EDI system faces the new demand too[1]. As we know, transmitting the information is the traditional core function of the information ser-     

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COSCON establishes a global shipping operation center in Shanghai
COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd. （COSCON） is one of the world＇s leading providers of integrated container shipping service. Recently, COSCON formally announced the establishment of a global shipping operation center in Shanghai. Through the resource integration of the large container liner fleet, focusing on the centralized configuration and centralized operation, further agglomerating management advantages, optimizing the business structure, decreasingcostandincreasingbenefit, the company responds effectively to the competitiveness in the current sustained downturn market.     

Maersk's Strategy in Asia-Europe Route

Recently, the world's biggest container shipping company Maersk has taken frequent actions, such as signing with DSME the contract of 20 3E container ships, which is the biggest, most efficient and environmentally ship globally up to now. Soon after that, Maersk shocked the industry once again by launching a new service named Daily Maersk. Will Maersk's actions lead to self-destruction or other plans?     

REVIEW THE PAST AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING MARKET

Ⅰ. Review the past of 1994 international shiPPing market: 1994 saw world economy begin a new cycle of boom. The economy of the West was on the way to a complete recovery, and that of East Asia was keeping up its steady growth. ACCOFding to the estimation 0f International Monetary Fund, the 1994 growth rate of world economy was 3％ and that of world—trade volume was about 5％. Thanks to these factors, the international shipping market had also Undergone considerable changes. 1. In 1994,world dry—bulk shipping market first sagged and thenstiffened. Affected by the negative growth of the     

AN ANALYSIS OF SOME FACTORS OF THE TRAINING OF CHINESE SAILORS

Ministry of Communications of P. R. China has successfully organized some dozens of classes to train ship officers, and given corresponding tests, which played a very important part in improving the whole educational level of sailors in our country. However, with the development of situation and the application field of science and technology being continuously enlarged, some parts of present training have become too obsolete to satisfy practical need. At the same time, a lot of adverse information fed back from the organizations such as International Maritime Organization(IMO), harbor supervision office, classification society and shipping company. It is necessary to adjust and reinforce the training of sailors in our nation. The following is     

Declarations from three government officials about Chinese maritime development

In 2007, 19% of global sea-borne staple goods were transported to China, 20% of containers came from China and 39% of newbuilding orders flew into China. China's global influence is getting increasingly bigger. Then how to develop Chinese shipping and shipbuilding industries? On November 27, Mr. Zhang Guobao, Vice Minister of National Development and Reform, Mr. Jin Zhuanglong, Vice Minister of COSTIND, and Mr. Xu Zuyuan, Vice Minister of Communications all gathered in Shanghai and spoke on the opening session of the high level maritime forum, declaring to international maritime the outlines of action as a large maritime country.     

The Present Situation and Future Prospect of the World Shipping Industry

Ⅰ. Shipping After entering into the 1990's, the ship-building industry, badly affected by the long recession of the world shipping market, has been growing very slowly, while the competition has been a fierce one. From the shares enjoyed by the major shipping countries in the world, we can see that the first one is Japan which occupied 38%; South Korea came to the second,obtaining 15％; the third is Germany, being 8%. The shipbuilding industry in America is shrinking, owing to the high cost of production. Up to 1993,Japanese ship yards had still been in difficult situation, and many Japanese ship owners would rather order new ships from South Korea because the rising value of Japanese yen made it expensive to build in domestic yards. Nowadays, Japanese shipbuilding industry is exposed to the problem of scarce of labour force. The Korean shipbuilding industry, whose     

AN ANALYSIS OF THE GLOBAL DEMAND FOR AND SUPPLY OF SEAFARERS

The BIMCO/ISF 2000 Manpower Update is probably the most comprehensive study of the global supply and demand for merchant seafarers thathas so far been undertaken,building on data amassed by earlier studies conducted in 1990 and 1995.This report has two main purposes: to describe the worldwide supply and demand situation for seafarers in 2000,and to make predictions as to the likely situation in 5-10 years' time,so that the industry can.anticipate changes and,if appropriate,take necessary corrective action.This 2000 Update has also attempted to take full account of the views of senior executives in the shipping industry,providing a synthesis of academic analysis (using the expertise of Warwick University) with the practical experience of international employers.