天津航运指数介绍

天津航运指数是反映我国北方航运市场运价水平的区域性综合指数,由北方国际集装箱运价指数、北方国际干散货运价指数和沿海集装箱运价指数组成。北方国际集装箱运价指数是反映天津及我国北方地区不同时期集装箱运力、运量等因素变化情况的集装箱运价指数,编制该指数所选取的样本航线覆盖天津出口集装箱运输的主要贸易流向及地区,包括欧洲、地中海、美洲、东南亚、波斯湾等。北方国际集装箱运价指数以2010年7月16日为基期,由天津国际贸易与航运服务中心于     

影响集装箱班轮运输业复苏前景的主要因素

正2016年,全球主要集装箱班轮公司经营惨淡,行业兼并、重组、整合迭起:马士基航运收购汉堡南美,达飞轮船收购美国总统轮船,中远集运与中海集运合并为中远海运集运,日本邮船、商船三井、川崎汽船整合集装箱班轮业务,韩进海运破产,航运联盟重新排列组合。业内对未来集装箱班轮运输业的发展前景看法不一。本文基于全球集装箱班轮运力和货物贸易数据,尝试从一种新的角度分析影响集装箱班轮运输业复苏前景的主要因素。     

海上丝绸之路集装箱航运网络脆弱性影响因素研究

海上丝绸之路集装箱航运网络脆弱性受到多种因素影响。本文通过文献整理和分析,筛选出14个对海上丝绸之路集装箱航运网络脆弱性有影响的风险因素。通过建立风险因素多级递阶的解释结构模型,确定各风险因素的相互作用及路径。结果表明:沿线国家军事实力、恐怖主义情况和气象水文海况是影响海上丝绸之路集装箱航运网络脆弱性最根本因素;国家安全保障能力、航运网络情况、海洋污染以及通道基本情况则是最直接因素。     

信息速递

地中海航运开通挂靠索马里的支线服务 地中海航运日前开通了挂靠索马里的支线服务。该服务连接Salalah港和摩加迪沙港，使用租入船1344TEU集装箱船“JAS EXPRESS”轮运营。     

天津航运指数介绍

天津航运指数是反映我国北方航运市场运价水平的区域性综合指数,由北方国际集装箱运价指数和北方国际干散货运价指数组成。北方国际集装箱运价指数是反映天津及我国北方地区不同时期集装箱运力、运量等因素变动情况的集装箱运     

国际集装箱航运市场衰退趋势透析

国际集装箱航运市场走势错综复杂,要想掌握其走势,尤其是其中的供求关系,必须精确分析和比较集装箱船队运力中有效箱位量的增长率,在此基础上得出国际集装箱运输服务的有效需求量与全球集装箱船队运力的差距。2006年国际集装箱航运市场供需缺口虽然远未达到危险红线,但远洋承运人也应审时度势,及时优化集装箱船舶调度,规避集装箱航运市场衰退风险。     

基于区块链技术的集装箱航运模式优化研究

针对当前集装箱航运领域的运作模式和痛点难点,以区块链技术的技术特性和分类特点为出发点,从区块链技术与集装箱航运二者的技术匹配及方案匹配两个角度,分析区块链技术应用于集装箱航运的可行性,并总结当前应用现状。在搭建区块链技术在集装箱航运领域的4个主要应用场景的基础上,针对各场景提出基于区块链技术的集装箱航运新模式,阐述其具体的运作方式和流程。区块链技术的应用,为优化集装箱航运模式及改善国际航运贸易形势提供了全新的技术思路。     

马士基的综合航运物流大整合

<正>目前,国际集装箱航运市场仍处于深度的调整恢复阶段,全球集装箱航运市场呈现波动态势。在2018年,中美贸易争端、世界经济增速放缓、船队扩张加快等因素影响了相关国际集装箱航线的供需关系。同时,受全球集装箱航运市场运价波动、汇率变化以及燃料成本上升等因素的影响,主要集装箱班轮公司经营业绩出现一定程度的下降。其中,马士基作为集装箱航运企业的领头羊,也必然在不同程度上受到相关影响因素的制约。在此背景下,马士基大中华区新任总裁吴冰青2019年年初接受第一财经记者专访时表示:"今年马士基大中华区的战略重点有二个,一是作为我们业务基础的海运,     

中小型集装箱码头多元化服务战略

1中小型集装箱码头生存现状在全球经济增长放缓的背景下,航运市场竞争愈演愈烈,作为航运市场重要节点的港口面临巨大压力。港口大型化、规模化、集群化发展趋势进一步压缩了中小规模集装箱码头的生存空间,如何提高码头的市场竞争力是中小型集装箱码头迫切需要解决的问题。集装箱码头企业是服务性企业,码头企业间竞争的实质是服务的竞争。依托主营业务,充分利用码头资源,为客户提供全方位、多角度、多     

2013年上半年租造箱市场走势

1租造箱市场供需关系集装箱是船公司提供运输服务的重要设备之一。船公司的集装箱保有量通常与其运力规模和重箱承运量成正比,即运力规模和重箱承运量越大,集装箱保有量就越大。船公司对集装箱的需求情况能在一定程度上反映集装箱航运市场的景气程度。例如:受欧美金融危机影响,2008―2009年航运市场陷入低谷,租造箱市场也呈现萧条之势,新箱市     

Opportunities for increased profit and reduced cost and emissions by service differentiation within container liner shipping

This paper investigates opportunities for increased profit and reduced emissions and cost by service differentiation within container shipping. Traditionally the strategy among the container lines has been profit maximization by utilizing economies of scale through the building of larger and faster vessels. In 2008, the financial crisis in combination with higher fuel prices put an end to this progress and in today’s market operators are basically trying to survive by providing standardized services at the lowest possible cost. This study investigates alternative strategies and the results indicate that container lines should provide two different services instead of one standardized service. A fast service to be more competitive versus air freight for fast-moving goods and a slow service to be more competitive versus traditional shipping types for transport of minor bulk, break bulk, liquid bulk and project cargo.     

Dynamics of liner shipping service scheduling and their impact on container port competition

Container ports provide the primary interface where physical exchange between buyers and sellers of containerised shipping capacity can be consolidated and realised. Consequently, ports that are able to complement and add value to the objectives of shipping lines and shippers will become focal points for containerised cargo flows. To evaluate container port competition, the authors propose a practical and direct approach based on revealed preferences of shipping lines with respect to container shipping service dynamics. The container shipping networks are generated as carriers formulate their service schedules to capitalise on opportunities that are presented by evolving container trade patterns along trade routes and relative changes in the competitive profile of the ports of call. Empirical results showed that this approach offers a deeper understanding on the workings and evolution of competitive dynamics between ports, which may not be obvious from observations of port performance at the aggregated level. Benefits of the approach also include raising awareness that policy makers should be aware of the need to understand the nature, extensity and intensity of competitive relationships between ports as they craft and implement policies to correct for the actual or perceived market failures in the industry.     

Empty container reposition planning for intra-Asia liner shipping

This paper addresses empty container reposition planning by plainly considering safety stock management and geographical regions. This plan could avoid drawback in practice which collects mass empty containers at a port then repositions most empty containers at a time. Empty containers occupy slots on vessel and the liner shipping company loses chance to yield freight revenue. The problem is drawn up as a two-stage problem. The upper problem is identified to estimate the empty container stock at each port and the lower problem models the empty container reposition planning with shipping service network as the Transportation Problem by Liner Problem. We looked at case studies of the Taiwan Liner Shipping Company to show the application of the proposed model. The results show the model provides optimization techniques to minimize cost of empty container reposition and to provide an evidence to adjust strategy of restructuring the shipping service network.     

Strategic alliances in container liner shipping

The economic crisis in the years between 2008 and 2010 has demonstrated the necessity for substantial adjustments on behalf of container lines. Capacities were shifted quickly to emerging and less affected markets allowing a faster recovery of globally organized companies. This paper illustrates the dynamics in the container shipping market. Alongside the main characteristics of the Top 20 ocean shipping companies, liner services are described. These services are classified by geographic coverage and vessel deployment. In addition, this paper provides a better understanding of the collaboration among service providers. Starting from a general framework of co-operative liner services, in-depth analyses of the global alliances in liner shipping are obtained. These formations - Grand Alliance, New World Alliance and CKYH Alliance - are compared with alternative forms of collaboration in the liner shipping industry. The analysis of alliance announcements which are related to operational and strategic changes indicates that the “global alliances” cannot be regarded as closed corporate-like entities. In effect, service agreements are not only negotiated with the focal members of the specific alliance. Instead, every service is arranged individually and under specific conditions. By understanding the dynamics within alliances, we are able to develop an assessment relating to the stability of collaborations. Ultimately, these insights direct us to several paths for future research.     

基于混沌优化的港口集装箱运输网络优化

随着集装箱船舶大型化的发展,航运公司势必会尽可能的选择科学、合理的航线,以实现大型集装箱船的规模效益,降低单箱运输成本,从而获得更大的效益。这样集装箱港口出现了枢纽港与支线港的分离。本文以体现大型集装箱船的规模效益为前提,尝试将混沌优化这一理论应用到港口运输网络的优化中,寻找合理的港口集装箱运输线路及服务频率,为我国港口集装箱运输提供决策依据。     

Economic feasibility of an NSR/SCR-combined container service on the Asia-Europe lane: a new approach dynamically considering sea ice extent

The trend towards global warming and the rapid decline in the extent of summer Arctic sea ice over recent years has increased the feasibility of international Arctic shipping. In this study we propose a seasonal NSR (North Sea Route)/SCR (Suez Canal Route)-combined shipping service linking Shanghai and Rotterdam, using the Northern Sea Route during the economical navigable window but using the traditional Suez Canal Route at other times. Different from the previous literatures, this paper dynamically considers the sea ice extent in the model, which is more reasonable for the assessment of Arctic container shipping, because fuel consumption is highly related to ship speed, while ship speed is determined by the relative distances of ice-covered and ice-free route stages. A new approach is developed to predict the time points at which the ship enters and exits the ice-covered stage, given that both the ship position and the extent of sea ice are constantly changing. The results show that the NSR/SCR-combined Arctic container service can be more economical than the SCR, given lower NSR tariffs.     

集装箱船舶大型化对中国班轮运输的影响

通过竞争情报分析提供了各班轮公司未来船队结构和运力的变化趋势,由此观察到各班轮公司为了降低自身的营运成本,在最近几年大量订购超巴拿马型甚至更大型的集装箱船舶参与运输,但是却不能达到其预期的规模效应。原因就在于相当一部分成本随着船型的增大而线性增加,规模不经济。我们探讨了中国的班轮运输市场的几个重要特点:中外贸易的不平衡导致了货源的不平衡;未来贸易结构的调整会影响航线的布局和调派;贸易上的不稳定因素使班轮公司遇到外在的风险。这些特点会深远地影响集装箱船舶大型化的经济受益,相反的,集装箱船舶大型化的趋势也会加剧这些负面的影响,危及整个班轮运输市场。     

Green shipping management capability and firm performance in the container shipping industry

This study empirically identifies crucial green shipping management capability and examines its impact on firm performance using survey data collected from container shipping firms, including shipping companies and agencies. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis is performed to identify three critical green shipping management capability dimensions, namely, greener policy, greener ships, and greener suppliers. In this study, firm performance is categorized into environmental performance and financial performance. The results indicate that a greener policy has a direct and positive influence on both the greener ships and the greener suppliers factors. Greener ships and greener suppliers are found to have an indirect and positive influence on financial performance through environmental performance. Accordingly, this study suggests that container shipping managers could focus on organizational green shipping management capability, specifically regarding policies, ships, and suppliers, to improve their environmental and financial performance. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings for container shipping firms have been discussed.     

Optimizing shipping company operations using business process modelling

In order to identify the elements constituting quality in services, a business process modelling methodology has been applied in the case of a Greek liner shipping company. The company operations have been identified and analysed in order to assess the complete performance of service elements and thereafter identify how to match the service performance against the user requirements. A liner container service within Europe has to compete with the road transport which, in many cases, is an alternative to the sea transportation and not complementary to it. Thus, not only the ship has to be envisaged when aiming to improve quality in services but also the whole chain, namely port authorities, land transportation enterprises, subcontractors, agents, charterers and others. A set of potential improvements within this framework are thus suggested and time and cost (examined in a specific voyage scenario) are measured before and after the implementation of these measures. Very large time and cost savings are observed after the application of the technology improvements, allowing, in fact, the shipping company to even increase the number of round trips per year in the examined route. This indicates that very large benefits can be drawn by analysing and critically adjusting business processes in modern shipping companies.     

Evolution and research trends of container shipping

The shipping industry was transformed by the expansion of international trade and technological innovation, notably containerization, since the 1960s. Accordingly, this was followed by a significant increase in research addressing different aspects of container shipping. Despite such availability, important questions have remained unanswered: what are the major contributions that the research community has made to the container shipping industry, global and regional economies? Have their contributions been skewed towards particular themes, directions, and geographical areas? What can the shipping research community learn from the evolution and trends of container shipping research so that they can continue to contribute to the well-being of the global and regional economies? To address these questions, the paper undertakes a critical review and analysis on the evolution and trends of research in container shipping in the past four decades, based on a collection of 282 papers investigating different topics in container shipping featuring in major scholarly journals between 1967 and 2012. The study enables the shipping research community to enhance self-understandings and identifies major gaps for further research.