Smaller ports’ evolution towards catalysing sustainable hinterland development

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From simple organizations as gateways for goods and passengers, ports have evolved and transformed into complex organizational systems with multiple functions. Besides providing cargo, logistics, and other kinds of services to its customers, modern ports engage in the development of their hinterlands. Sustainability, evolving from environmental actions over the years, has become the core of many modern ports’ approach towards hinterland development and port competitiveness. While the literature is concerned with and presents examples of large ports implementing sustainability initiatives, the literature is scarce on smaller ports. This article addresses this gap by exploring qualitatively the case of the Port of Aalborg, a medium-sized port in Denmark, and its evolution towards using sustainability for port and hinterland development. The research focuses on the actions behind environmental development at the port. Its evolution is mapped and explored using the analytical framework developed based on the (larger) ports’ development and their roles. The findings from the Port of Aalborg case exemplify how smaller ports can evolve to drive the sustainable development of their hinterlands and contribute to a better understanding of this kind of port.     

Comparative analysis of port competency requirements in Vietnam and Korea

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Much research has been conducted recently on the changing role of ports in the context of international logistics and supply chain management focusing on issues such as port efficiency and competitiveness. However, little research has been found on the critical aspect that contributes to making a port efficient and effective, especially, in the new era: the port human capital. As seaports play a critical role in the supply chain, it is thus important that the port personnel possess necessary competencies to contribute to port efficiency and turn the port into an effective supply chain partner. In this paper, this research issue is explored through a conceptual model of competencies and validated empirically by a survey with port executives in Vietnam and Korea. As a result, important managerial insights are drawn to the design and implementation of human resource development policy for ports.     

海外水运工程项目实施阶段的安全风险管理

通过巴基斯坦码头工程项目(QICTFAP)HSE(健康、安全、环境)管理中安全风险管理的总结,介绍海外水运工程项目实施阶段的主要安全风险,以及如何通过系统化、规范化的HSE管理降低安全风险,提高项目HSE管理水平,实现项目的HSE目标。     

港口物流枢纽危险品监控与预警系统*

随着港口信息化基础建设的不断发展,以及无线传感、无线网络、视频监控等技术手段的成熟应用,结合港口物流枢纽危险品作业特点,构建危险品监控与预警系统已经具有可行性.在分析港口物流枢纽危险品监控与预警系统功能需求的基础上,提出系统的五层框架,即:信息采集层、信息传输层、信息管理层、支撑平台层和信息应用层,同时分析信息采集和处理的关键技术,并展望今后的研究方向.     

Managing port-related supply chain disruptions (PSCDs): a management model and empirical evidence

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In the contemporary port business environment, port resilience is of paramount importance for supply chain continuity. A result of the increased integration of ports into supply chains is ports’ potential to supply chain disruptions. This paper introduces a PSCD management model that incorporates the application of risk management, business continuity management, and quality management theories with the purpose of increasing port resilience such that supply chain continuity is enhanced. To validate this model, primary data were collected from samples of port operators and port authorities and analyzed using structural equation modeling with AMOS 22.0. The results indicate that managing PSCD using the management model contributes positively to the identification of internal and external opportunities and through that to port’s resilience of internal operations. This, in turn, positively influences port’s financial health and market reputation. The management model has several managerial and academic implications as it offers meaningful insights on policy development as well as theory building.     

Risk analysis of maritime accidents along the main route of the Maritime Silk Road: a Bayesian network approach

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The safety of maritime transportation along the twenty-first century Maritime Silk Road (MSR) is important to ensure its development and sustainability. Maritime transportation poses risks of accidents that can cause the death or injury of crew members and damage to ships and the environment. This paper proposes a Bayesian network (BN) based risk analysis approach that is newly applied in the main route of the MSR to analyse its relevant maritime accidents. The risk data are manually collected from the reports of the accident that occurred along the MSR. Next, the risk factors are identified and the results from the modelling method can provide useful insights for accident prevention. Historical data collected from accident reports are used to estimate the prior probabilities of the identified risk factors influencing the occurrence of maritime accidents. The results show that the main influencing factors are the type and location of an accident and the type, speed, and age of the involved ship(s). In addition, scenario analysis is conducted to analyse the risks of different ships in various navigational environments. The findings can be used to analyse the probability of each possible maritime accident along MSR and to provide useful insights for shipowners’ accident prevention.     

船舶危险品运输的风险分析

船舶危险品安全运输是船舶运输安全的重要方面。它既取决于船上危险品本身的安全，又取决于船舶的航行安全。风险分析就是在识别其本身和船舶航行两个方面存在的潜在危险即风险源的基础上，通过定性、半定量或定量的分析方法，分析这些危险可能导致的后果和这些后果发生的可能性，从而得到相应的风险水平。文中在介绍风险分析的步骤和方法的基础上，阐述了适用于船舶危险品运输的风险分析方法。     

Risk assessment of inland waterborne transportation using data mining

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China has constructed a relatively complete inland waterborne transportation system. However, the frequent occurrence of inland water accidents with serious consequences, like the catastrophic Orient Star shipwreck, is an urgent unsolved problem. To reduce such accidents in the future and improve inland waterborne transportation safety, this study uses data mining, mainly containing text mining and association rule mining to risk assess China’s inland waterborne transportation, rather than the traditional quantitative risk assessment model. Text mining enables the risk factors to be objectively identified and distilled from accident reports. The potential relationships between risk variables are explored using association rule mining, based on the FP-Growth algorithm. The results reveal the essential problem facing China’s inland waterborne transportation system: frequent and varied ship accidents; key risk factors include overloading or improper loading, poor navigation visibility, inadequate sailor competence, and insufficient government supervision of shipowners and shipping companies. Combining the actual circumstances of inland waterborne transportation operations, this study proposes relevant recommendations for governments and relevant supervisory departments. The integrated application of text mining and association rule mining serves to avoid uncertainty and subjectivity, and achieve good results proving their scientific nature as a feasible method in water transportation risk research.     

The changing role of ports in supply-chain management: an empirical analysis

As integrated supply-chain management (SCM) is now at the epicentre of business transformation, firms are breaking down boundaries between internal functions, as well as between the enterprise itself and key partners in the value chain (e.g. customers, distributors, suppliers and carriers). One of the main goals of such new management approach is to get everyone in the supply chain into a common platform of logistics transactions and information systems.

Against such background, the aim of this work is to analyse how and if port operators can face the challenge of higher integration, on the assumption that the higher the integration between the actors the higher the competitiveness of the whole supply chain.

Accordingly, we adopted an SCM approach in the analysis of the port of Le Havre in Renault's supply chain. More specifically, we referred to the Lambert tri-dimensional model based on supply chain's structure (actors), key business processes and links between actors. The field work—which mainly consisted of semi-structured interviews to Renault, logistics and port operators, and, finally, to the Le Havre Port Authority—was crucial to gather the needed information.     

件杂货码头安全风险的帕累托图分析方法

件杂货码头货运量大,装卸作业复杂,其安全风险管理至关重要。采用某港口公司在安全管理过程中所统计的引发事故的风险数据,利用帕累托图方法,在分析结论的基础上提出了件杂货码头安全管理建议。     

第三方物流保险现状及发展对策

随着现代物流业的兴起,第三方物流企业为客户提供越来越便利的一体化物流服务的同时,也承担着越来越大的风险,随时可能发生的货物破损、野蛮装卸、误时配送、偷盗灭失、变质串味等风险都可能导致托运方提出索赔。因此第三方物流业的发展迫切要求保险业提供支持,把经营过程中涉及的赔偿风险转移至保险公司,从而将企业风险降到最低限度。     

基于PPP模式投资性项目的提前谋划与风险管控

基于PPP模式的投资性项目对投资企业来说存在巨大的风险,施工生产中某一环节的变化常常会引起较大的经济变动。因此,如何在投资性项目中做到提前谋划和加强风险管控是当前企业经营中迫切需要解决的问题。以江苏启东吕四港区环抱式港池PPP项目为依托,阐述PPP模式下的投资性项目的特点、存在的风险及提前谋划和风险管控的措施。     

Evaluation of risk attitude in the shipping freight market under uncertainty

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The main purpose of this study is to examine how market participants take risks, in other words, what their risk attitude/preference is, and how their risk attitude could be related to the shipping freight and other markets. To address them, we calibrated the risk attitude of participants in shipping freight markets from 2007 to 2013, and provided an example of the application of risk attitude. For market participants, risk attitude/preference has an important role in understanding shipping freight markets and managing risks under uncertainty. However, risk attitude is not directly observable. To achieve this, we applied a framework that consists of structural model and calibration with market data. We interpreted risk attitude and confirmed that a structural break occurred around 2008 for the calibrated risk attitude parameter. The average risk attitude of market participants tended to be more risk-averse after 2010. We conducted an additional analysis to provide an example of the application of calibrated risk attitude, using structural equation modeling to calculate a latent variable that reflected other commodity markets. We compared the risk attitude parameter and the latent variable, and clarified the relationship between the risk attitude parameter and commodity markets.     

Crucial factors influencing international logistics operations for African landlocked countries – A case study of Burkina Faso

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This study aims to evaluate the crucial factors influencing international logistics operations for African landlocked countries. To this end, a case study and a questionnaire survey were conducted. A total of 147 usable responses from container shipping firms were obtained as a result of the questionnaire survey. The results of factor analysis revealed that transportation capability, external risks, information integration, logistics infrastructure, local agents’ logistics capability, and national law and policy were crucial factors influencing the logistics operations of African landlocked countries. Specifically, local agents’ logistics capability was perceived by respondents to be the most important factor. Moreover, the results of the study also indicated that the highest factor mean values of small shipping companies were related to transportation capability, external risks and the local agents’ logistics capability, whereas container shipping companies that arranged trucks for inland transportation paid more attention to the external risks, logistics infrastructure, the local agents’ logistics capability, and national law and policy.     

A risk assessment model with systematical uncertainty treatment for container shipping operations

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The substantial adverse effects of risk factors on container shipping and logistics promoted a deep integration of risk analysis into the decision-making process. This paper aims to develop a well-grounded quantitative model to operational risk in a container shipping context. Considering uncertainty as a primary component of the risk concept, methods were employed in an inter-complementary manner to enable not only a sense of foreseeability but also a deeper look into the weaknesses of the knowledge base. The intersubjectivity of the input extraction process was supported by the Evidential Reasoning (ER) algorithm. Risks are then assessed based on a Fuzzy Rules Bayesian Network (FRBN) model with a 2-level parameter structure before meaningful interpretations can be derived through a new risk mapping approach. Besides an illustrative case study, the model was tested by sensitivity analysis and an examination of multiple validity claims.     

Risk assessment framework for exposure of cargo and ports to natural hazards and climate extremes

There is an increase in risks and catastrophic losses in maritime transport including ports and cargo. Significant losses have been associated with large scale natural hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunami, cyclones, and other extreme weather events. This paper identifies the main gaps in understanding maritime risks in transportation research. The gaps are attributed to insufficient empirical work available from the maritime transport and logistics research community to guide multi-risk and natural hazards impact assessment on seaport and cargo. In addition, disaster studies communities have barely made adequate efforts to understand and assess port and cargo risks arising from multi-hazards and disaster events. This paper examines existing conceptual frameworks concerning exposure and risk assessments of natural catastrophe’s impacts. Furthermore, the paper identifies trends and gaps in risk assessment frameworks in the field of disaster studies that can be beneficial for maritime risk research. The authors propose a new risk assessment framework that can guide future research and multi-hazard risk assessment processes at different scales of maritime risks.     

港口散货码头物流管理信息系统

介绍港口散货码头物流管理信息系统利用手持终端、GPRS无线网络、计算机网络、射频电子标签及读写器、视频抓拍、数据库等应用技术,记录车辆从进港审查、入港大门、空车衡重、装卸货、重车衡重、出港查验的全过程.通过实时采集货物的过程数据,达到港口货物管理的实时、高效、可追溯,防止货物流失,保证货物安全.     

论港口建设费征管的风险防控管理

文中通过采用列举法和故障树法从客观因素和主观因素两方面对港建费征收过程中各项风险源进行分析，提出防控征收风险和廉政风险的措施。     

港口物流企业联盟及其运营调度优化

港口物流企业联盟是近年来发展起来的一种新型的港口物流企业组织形式,对社会和企业有利。介绍了联盟实现方式、组织结构设计原则、运营调度及其优化研究现状,给出了港口物流企业联盟运营调度优化模型建立实例,根据实例的运算结果,证明了该港口物流企业联盟的运营调度优化模式是可行的,在港口物流企业联盟的调度过程中具有一定的实用性。     

浅谈船舶载运集装箱危险货物的监督管理

随着货物运输的集装箱化,越来越多的危险货物以集装箱的形式交付海运,在便利运输的同时,也为船舶带来了新的安全隐患。本文重点探讨船舶载运危险货物集装箱的监督管理。