Logistics should go ahead of developing west China

With the State Council's decision to implement itsstrategy of developing West China,the development of West Chinahas become one of the new hot points in the development of China'seconomy.In the meantime,it provides China's industry of logisticswith a new developing opportunity.For this,Professor WangZhitai,member of the Chinese People's Political ConsultativeConference and Director of Logistics Committee of ChinaNational Association of Material and EquipmentTrade,has put forward his original view.     

China Int''''l Summit for Logistics came to a close successfully in Shanghai

At the critical moment of the turning point of the century, the International Summit for Logistics in the China Region came to a close successfully in Shanghai on June 9. The eight mass organizations, China Federation of Industrial Economics, China Association of the Shipbuilding Trade, China Ports and Harbors Association, China Shipowners' Association, Chinese Society of Logistics Management, China Railway Society, China National Association of Materials and Equipment Trade and China Road     

Profile of China Ship Development and Design Center （CSDDC）

China Ship Development and Design Center （CSDDC） is one of the leading institutes engaged in the development and overall design of ships, submersibles and marine structures. With a history of over forty years, CSDDC has made great efforts to import and incorporate international advanced technologies and adapt them to its own actual projects. This enables CSDDC to remain the leading position in ship overall design in China. Over the past forty years, CSDDC has successfully accomplished many national key projects, and made significant contributions to the modernization of China defense and built up a reputation of ＂Cradle of China naval ships＂.     

AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT ON CHINA''''S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY ITS ENTRY INTO THE WTO!ITS MTRY INTO

Fifteen years has elapsed since China first put forward its application for the membership of GATT in 1986.For, these fifteen years, great changes have taken place either with regard to World economy and political environment or to the economic development level, the economic system and the degree of openness of China. These have fundamentally changed the opinios of major WTO members concerning China and their basic negotiation standpoint. For fifteen years, China has spared no efforts in trying to enter the WTO and relative organizations have     

STATE OF WASHINGTON OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR Message from the Governor

I am pleased to send my best wishes to the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) as it celebrates 20 years of friendship and successful trade relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China on this 20th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the vessel M.V. LIULINHAI. Much has happened in the 20 years since U.S. trade with China was reinstated in 1979, and China has grown to become an important partner in Washington's Asia-Pacific trade relationship. Washington's status as the most trade-dependent state in the nation and our geographic location on the edge of the Pacific Rim dictate that     

SHIPBUILDING IN CHINA

China initiated top-level research on ship standardization
The subject is led by the Chinese Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in collaboration with the Technical and Economic Research Center of CSSC and the Standardization Research Center of CSIC, China Classification Society （CCS） and COSCO R＆D Center. The subject will be completed by the end of this year.     

PORT OF SHANGHAI,FORGING AHEAD TOWARDS THE NEW MILLENNIUM

This year is the 20th anniversary of the resumption of ocean shipping between China and the United States. On March 18, the m/v Letitia Lykes, the first vessel flying the flag of the United States made its initial call at Shanghai and received a warm welcome by the people of different cireles in Chiila. It marked a new chapter in the shipping relations between China and America.     

ABSTRACTS

FMC convenes Global Regulatory Summit with officials from China and European Commission
Maritime regulators from the United States, the People＇s Republic of China （PRC）, and the European Commission met and conferred in Washington, D.C. on December 17, 2013 to consider the evolving international maritime landscape. The officials had open and candid discussions on their differing regulatory frameworks and the potential effects of carrier cooperation on international trade. While most of the discussions were held privately by the regulators, FMC Chairman Mario Cordero and members of the delegations from China and Europe spoke briefly about their regulatory summit publicly at the end of the day. The summit was early on billed as a global regulatory summit on the P3 Alliance,     

中国视窗

LEGISLATION IN CHINA China launches its inland navigational channel and port layout The programme is the first of kind in China to depict inland navigational channel and port layout, which will serve as the guidance document to direct the healthy and orderly construction and development of Chinese inland navigational channels for some time in the     

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     

JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND APPLICATION

An University, originated from the navy engineering department of PLA Military Academy of Engineering which is the first senior military university of technology established in China in 1953, now one of key universities in China with fairly strong teaching and research ＆ development capabilities in the field of naval architecture and ocean engineering.     

Competition,Salvation from the Crisis

At the beginning of 2009,demand collapsed under the force of the fierce wave of global financial crisis,and the burst of BDI bubbles accelerated.A special"war"between shipbuilding industries in China,Japan and Korea has unfolded.The competition involved is not only in terms of orders,price and environment-friendliness,but also in terms of cost-efficiency,multilateraries and overseas expansion.Though China has overtaken Korea in new orders and orders in hand,considedng the different strategies adopted by the three countries,the true winner will be the one who will be able to"talk while laughing"after the storm.     

Hydrodynamic comparison of a semi-submersible, TLP, and Spar: Numerical study in the South China Sea environment

The South China Sea contains tremendous oil and gas resources in deepwater areas. However, one of the keys for deepwater exploration, the investigation of deepwater floating platforms, is very inadequate. In this paper, the authors studied and compared the hydrodynamics and global motion behaviors of typical deepwater platforms in the South China Sea environment. The hydrodynamic models of three main types of floating platforms, e.g. the Semi-submersible, tension leg platform (TLP), and Truss Spar, which could potentially be utilized in the South China Sea, were established by using the 3-D potential theory. Additionally, some important considerations which significantly influence the hydrodynamics were given. The RAOs in frequency domains as well as global motions in time domains under time-varying wind, random waves, and current in 100-y, 10-y, and 1-y return period environment conditions were predicted, compared, and analyzed. The results indicate that the heave and especially the pitch motion of the TLP are favorable. The heave response of the Truss Spar is perfect and comparable with that of the TLP when the peak period of random waves is low. However, the pitch motion of Truss Spar is extraordinarily larger than that of Semi-submersible and TLP.     

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.     

Georgia Ports Authority:Faster to Market,Better for Business

Did You Know…?* The Port of Savannah is the fourthlargest container port of the “five”globalU.S. ports.* The Port of Savannah is the biggestportal for China Trade in the U.S. Mid- andSouth Atlantic, handling 44% of total U.S.Mid- and South Atlantic trade with China in2005 alone.* Trade between Savannah and Chinahas grown 139% over the last five years.* With 18 services to China, Savannahhas more direct China services than any otherport on the East Coast.* Through these services,…     

Port of Seattle Delegation Uisiting China

In April of 1979, the COSCO vessel Liulinhai, the first Chinese ship with P.R.C. flag arrived in Seattle, marking a new chapter in the shipping and trade relations between China and U.S.A. The Port of Seattle, where the first shipment of American wheat to the People's Republic of China was loaded onto Liulinhai 21 years ago, is still playing an important role in Sino-US trade now. Its annual value of trade between China and U.S.A reached 6 billion USD. Recently, invited by Port of Qingdao, a delegation     

Regulations for Inspection of Vessels Engaged in International Voyages Entering and/or Leaving the Ports of the People's Republic of China

Article 1 The present regulations are formulated for the purposes of strengthening the control over vessels engaged in international voyages entering and/or leaving the ports of the People's Republic of China, facilitating vessels entering and/or leaving the ports and of enhancing port efficiency.     

DEVELOP INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC & TECHNICAL EXCHANGES AND PROMOTE COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA SHIPBUILDERS AND THEIR FOREIGN COUNTERPARTS

On the occasion of the opening of China shen-zhen Technology Fair,I,on behalf of China ship-building Technology Transaction Delegation,ex-press our hearty welcome to all of our friends com-ing from many parts of the world to this Fair!Acting as the backbone of the shipbuilding in-dustry of China and pursuing a policy of"DomesticFirst,Keen on Export;shipbuilding First,BusinessDiversified",thc China State shipbuilding Corpora-tion(CSSC)has made significant contributions tothe modernization of the national defense,moder-nization of transportation,development of offshore     

MESSAGE from the Director

On the occasion of the additional issue of the CONTAINERIZATION, I'd like to express my sincere appreciation to the readers and authors both at home and abroad on behalf of the CONTAINERIZATION. The container transport in China is booming with leaps and bounds and the CONTAINERIZATION is becoming prosperous with each passing day. With the concern, support and help of the Ministry of Communications, Shanghai News Publication Administration     

Profile of China Ship Development and Design Center （CSDDC）

China Ship Development and Design Center (CSDDC) is one of the leading institutes engaged in the development and overall design of