站在北美港口的角度 看跨太平洋集装箱班轮航线

2004年是温哥华港务局作为第一家北美的港口获准在中国正式建立办事处的第十个年头.     

全面解析《中美双边海运协定》

自2003年12月8日中美签署新的双边海运协定以来,至今已有3个月的时间。虽然该协定在千呼万唤之下已正式出台,但却由于尚未生效而始终蒙着一层面纱。有太多的业内人士,期望着一睹新协定的真容。日前,本刊记者专访了交通部水运司国际航运处副处长熊伟,他曾参与了中美双边海运协定的谈判。因此,通过与熊伟的对话,新协定为中美航运业带来的实质利益也得到了全面解析。     

The impact of port and trade security initiatives on maritime supply-chain management

The fundamental objective of the Container Security Initiative (CSI) is to engage both so-called 'mega-ports' (ports sending the highest volume of ocean going container traffic into the US) and the national governments where these ports are located in a way that will facilitate the pre-screening of outbound containers destined to the US. The emerging issue of security as a key factor in global supply chains can be perceived as inconsistent with the objective of facilitating international trade (Dulbecco and Laporte, 2003). However, this perception does not stand up to analysis. Security is an evident part of the mainstream supply-chain paradigm while security can also become a driver for trade facilitation. The purpose of this paper is therefore to discuss the impact of the US CSI on maritime supply chains. The first section will mostly be related to the issue of security and supply chains while the second section will investigate CSI and its impact while exploring some of the financing implications of the security initiative.     

国际货物贸易合同与国际海上货物运输合同的对接

在现代法学中,国际货物贸易合同的相关法律问题与国际海上货物运输合同的相关法律问题分属不同领域,被不同的部门法所制约。在通常情况下,学者和实务操作者亦将二者割裂对待,分别研究。然而,一个不可忽视的事实是：国际货物贸易与国际海上货物运输之间具有紧密的相关性。在实践中,     

自由裁量权在海事行政处罚中的表现形式及其控制机制

本文论述了自由裁量权在海事行政处罚中的表现形式及其必要性,指出了自由裁量在海事行政处罚中存在的问题,提出了如何合理控制自由裁量权的相关对策。     

浅析我国大豆进口贸易中海运权的重要性

文章针对我国大豆进口贸易中海运权的重要性进行了初步研究,分析了我国大豆进口及大豆进口贸易海运权控制的现状;阐述了海运控制权对我国大豆进口贸易的影响,总结了国外大豆出口商控制海运权的方法。     

第三大自由贸易区与散杂货航运市场

国际干散货市场走势2008年5月7日,反映干散货运价指数的BDI指数（波罗的海）干散货指数再次冲上10000点大关,并于5月20日站上了11793的高点,创造了BDI指数创设以来的最高点位。     

美国海上传真天气图的解读与应用

对美国海洋预报中心提供的海上传真天气图的内容、习用格式等进行分析和解读,提出利用气象传真图进行航线天气预报的方法,为海上船舶正确识读和应用该国发布的传真天气图提供指导。     

北美ECA引关注

今年7月,美国环保署（EPA）和加拿大运输部门联合向IMO提交报告,申请设立世界最大的排放控制区域。此举意味着美加地区将与全球ECA标准实现接轨：到2010年7月,燃料油中的硫含量减为1％（目前为1．5％）,2015年1月降为0．1％。     

5问中国"自由港"

2003年,是中国港口空前发展的一年。这一年,中国港口集装箱吞吐总量以势不可挡之势,跃居世界第一,其中上海港、深圳港,分列世界十大集装箱港的第三位、第四位。然而,中国港口吞吐量的剧增,很大程度上是中国经济催生的结果,港口自身的发展并不是最主要的动力。扪心自问,我们的港     

Themes and tools of maritime transport research during 2000-2014

This study examines how maritime transport has been researched through a comprehensive review of papers published in 19 transportation journals over the period 2000–2014. Systematic investigation shows that Maritime Policy & Management plays a prominent role in publishing maritime transport research. At the same time, ‘shipping’ is a dominant research area, with ‘port management, service, performance, efficiency and competitiveness’; ‘shipping market, industry, freight rate and economic impact’; and ‘terminal studies’ as the most popular topics. Nevertheless, few efforts have investigated ‘shipping finance’; ‘shipping service’; or ‘port risk and security.’ Since 2000, the use of quantitative analysis techniques has steadily increased in maritime transport to help participants make decisions scientifically. We here present the major data analysis techniques and highlight some limitations regarding their application. Thus, we provide a better understanding of how maritime transport research has been undertaken in a quantitative manner.     

Contributions to maritime economics—Zenon S. Zannetos, the theory of oil tankship rates

This paper discusses the importance of Zannetos' 1966 book for the development of maritime economic thought. The main contributions of the book are recounted, and the empirical work in the book is reviewed.

The analysis of the present paper is a citation research on the maritime economics literature that refers to the book. Of the 42 papers in the set, about one-third refers to the book in general. A total of 35 papers refer to one or more elements of the book, with an equal number of references to: (1) the term structure of freight rates; (2) the empirical findings on the form of the supply curve; and (3) on the verification of his results.

The general conclusion of the citation analysis is that, apparently, a number of elements of his work are still very valid for current maritime economics thinking, while maritime economists have disregarded several other elements. The latter seems unjustified for some of the business structure observations that are made in the book, such as the notion that the ship is the firm, and the elasticity of expectations. The former observation is the basis for virtually all empirical work in maritime economics that is based on individual contract data (all freight rate analysis is of this nature), and the second is the basis for the analysis of investment behaviour in shipping, investigations of cyclicality and so on.

Zannetos can definitely be seen as the initiator of the important field of term structure analysis in maritime economics. In addition to this, there are several topics in the 1966 book that are as yet unexplored, and deserve empirical scrutiny.     

保税港区与自由贸易港区业务对接——以福州保税港区和台湾自由贸易港区为例

福州保税港区作为我国海西地区的重要试点,将在2009年进入实质性运营阶段。福州保税港区将整合福州保税物流园、福清出口加工区以及福州港江阴港区的资源,为海峡两岸经贸往来提供有力保障。由此来看,福州保税港区将会和台湾自由贸易港区联姻,分别为两岸各项业务对接扮演重要的平台角色。     

美国经贸存在的问题对世界航运市场影响

美国打喷嚏世界其他地区跟着感冒 我们常说，美国打喷嚏，世界其他地区跟着感冒，确实如此。作为世界上最大的经济体，美国对全球集装箱贸易有着重大的影响。因此，可能会损害或者在相当程度上减缓美国以及北美自由贸易协定合作伙伴的经济活动水平的任何事情，都可能会严重影响那些从事集装箱运输业的国家和地区。     

The melting Arctic and its impact on China’s maritime transport

The shrinking of Arctic ice triggers off a new round of competition and dispute in this region, among traditional Arctic states and non-Arctic actors. Like its East Asia neighbours, China sees the melting Arctic Ocean a unique opportunity for itself and international trade generally. The changing physical landscape of the Arctic region will certainly have a major impact on China’s economic future which is very dependent on international shipping. This paper assesses the impact of the ice-free Arctic on the development of marine transport industry in China. The author discusses the potential new routes with the Arctic’s melting and the opportunities that it brings to China’s maritime transportation industry. Challenges that China faces in future shipping through the Arctic will be also addressed from political, legal, economic and environmental dimensions, followed by a preliminary exploration of ways to solution of these challenges.     

The growth of fleets registered in the newly-emerging maritime countries and maritime crises

This paper suggests the existence of a feedback relationship between the dynamic entrance of less-developed countries in shipping and the prolongation and deepening of maritime crises. The duration and extent of the transitional period of crisis depends also on the specific terms of the 'succession' procedure between fleets with different cost levels. During the last major maritime crisis, nations at a less advanced stage of development entered the maritime industry producing a service that had become—more or less—'standardized', following the Vernon product cycle more than all other cycles. The distribution of world tonnage among the different groups of countries underwent major changes as the effects of the economic crisis after 1973, which coincided with developments in the supply of tonnage, created favourable conditions for the rise of the lower cost fleets of developing countries, in a feedback relationship. The restoration of freight levels during the late 80s and early 90s, which was accompanied by a certain stabilization in the various groups of countries' shares in the world fleet, corroborates from the opposite direction the hypothesis of a close interrelationship between maritime crisis and changes in the international hierarchy in shipping.     

对海事行政管理自由裁量权运用的理解和监督

随着现代行政职能的扩张,行政机关拥有了越来越多的自由裁量权,如何防止自由裁量权被滥用已成为行政法学研究的重要课题.本文论述了自由裁量权在海事行政管理中的表现形式及其必要性,指出了自由裁量在海事行政管理中存在的问题,提出了如何合理控制自由裁量权的相关对策.     

洋山保税港区可持续发展功能探索及实践

经过4年的运作,洋山保税港区成功解决了上海国际航运中心发展缺乏深水港码头的瓶颈;同时,作为长三角地区跨省市合作的全国首家保税港区,"三区合一"的特殊监管区政策更为中国扩大对外开放、探索发展国际转口贸易、航运物流现代服务与国际惯例接轨提供了重要经验。在三港三区联动发展的带动下,深入拓展功能,积极推动相关航运金融政策的落地,提高区域发展水平和辐射能级将是今后发展的重点。     

Interactions of wind and density driven currents in North Sea ROFIs—a model study

Three different versions of a baroclinic three-dimensional circulation model of the North Sea are used to obtain information on the wind and density interactions in the North Sea ROFIs (Regions Of Freshwater Influence): the standard version with fully prognostic treatment of salinity and temperature is compared to a barotropic model run on the same grid on the one hand and to an also fully prognostic model run on a four times coarser grid on the other hand. In order to gain knowledge on the wind and density interactions, two opposing wind directions are chosen for investigation, namely a time of strong north wind, 21st–28th April 1982, and a time of strong southwest wind, 22nd–24th May 1982. In the April case the effect of the salinity gradients on the border of the ROFIs of Rhine, Weser, Ems and Elbe, i.e. along the continental shore, is shown to lead to a clear enhancement of the mean surface currents. In May this result is partly disguised by the additional effect of the thermocline in the deeper parts of the North Sea, i.e. in the classical shelf sea regime region. Nevertheless, the same pattern of enhanced mean surface currents along the coast is detected and is of the same order of magnitude as in the April case. It is thus concluded that although the circulation in the North Sea is reversed by the wind, the density induced component of the general circulation is modified only slightly.