The determinants of maritime policy

The paper is to explore the relation between national economic development and the formulation of maritime policy. It collects and examines data from 30 maritime nations, and shows that maritime policy is determined by economic circumstance rather than the result of rational decision of policy makers. A general solution is produced for an optimum maritime policy under a given economic condition. The general solution can serve as a benchmark for future maritime policy making and research in general.     

Evaluation of maritime safety policy instruments

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the current maritime safety policy system as a whole. It offers an overview of different kinds of policy instruments that are used to enhance maritime safety and the criteria for effective policy instruments. It provides a criticism and goes through the weak points of the current maritime safety policy system, and finally, the system is analyzed in the light of the criteria for effective policy. The paper is based on literary sources, mainly on articles published in academic journals. The conclusion of the article is that the development of individual policies will not greatly improve the current level of maritime safety, and more fundamental changes are needed in the governance of maritime safety.     

Recent aspects of the EU maritime transport policy

Since the 1980s the EU merchant fleet has suffered a dramatic decline mainly due to sharp competition from the Far East and developing countries and the operation of foreign registers ('flags of convenience'). At present the EU aims to complete the single market in shipping and improve the competitive ability of a viable European-flag fleet. It has therefore developed a policy for a European register (EUROS) to run parallel to national registers. This paper argues that the EU policy would prove to be ineffective unless it can differentiate between kinds of shipping.     

欧盟新海事政策绿皮书解读

2006年6月7日,欧盟委员会(EC)正式通过并公布了题为“面向一个未来的欧盟海事政策:欧洲海洋愿景”绿皮书,既通常所说的“Borg文件”。至此,为期一年有余、由欧盟渔业及海事事务司司长JoeBorg发起的一次大规模的旨在为欧盟所有海事活动制订一个整合的海事政策的咨询活动终于有了     

The economic impact study of maritime policy issues: application to the German case

Input-output analysis basically provides an estimation of a sector's economic impact by taking into account the indirect effects on all other sectors. For purposes of policy making, however, this may produce rather rigid and inaccurate results. This paper, therefore, introduces some extensions to the basic impact analysis. These extensions secure flexibility, completeness and accurateness of the outcomes. First, an accurate cost structure is determined in a bottom-up approach, i.e. by using data from a sample of representative companies. This allows for reliable outcomes and a flexible definition of sub-sectors. Secondly, the analysis is made in an intercountry context. Thirdly, the expenditure effects of generated income are determined by a macroeconomic module. Fourthly, company-level responses to alternative policy scenarios are investigated and translated into changing model parameters. These four basic elements are applied in a case study concerning the shipping sector of Germany. The scenarios are a continuation of the present policy, a laissez-faire policy, and two framework policies in which the government creates a favourable environment for shipping companies. For each scenario, the effects on value added, employment, tax revenues and expenditures are analysed and evaluated. This paper, thus, shows the relevance of accordingly amplified input-output analysis for policy purposes.     

The economic impact study of maritime policy issues: application to the German case

Input-output analysis basically provides an estimation of a sector's economic impact by taking into account the indirect effects on all other sectors. For purposes of policy making, however, this may produce rather rigid and inaccurate results. This paper, therefore, introduces some extensions to the basic impact analysis. These extensions secure flexibility, completeness and accurateness of the outcomes. First, an accurate cost structure is determined in a bottom-up approach, i.e. by using data from a sample of representative companies. This allows for reliable outcomes and a flexible definition of sub-sectors. Secondly, the analysis is made in an intercountry context. Thirdly, the expenditure effects of generated income are determined by a macroeconomic module. Fourthly, company-level responses to alternative policy scenarios are investigated and translated into changing model parameters. These four basic elements are applied in a case study concerning the shipping sector of Germany. The scenarios are a continuation of the present policy, a laissez-faire policy, and two framework policies in which the government creates a favourable environment for shipping companies. For each scenario, the effects on value added, employment, tax revenues and expenditures are analysed and evaluated. This paper, thus, shows the relevance of accordingly amplified input-output analysis for policy purposes.     

Maritime accident investigation and temporal determinants of maritime accidents: A case study

This paper presents the results of an investigation into temporal determinants of maritime accidents based on a data-set obtained from the proceedings of formal inquiries in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). The results show that there is no statistically significant outcome between the probability for an accident and the time of watch. Thus the results do not confirm previous studies, which reported significant time of day effects.The outcome of this study indicates that marine inquiries can provide useful data for an analysis of underlying causes of maritime accidents. It is suggested that accident inquiries should be extended into the area of watch systems employed and should record the hours of work and of rest of the officers on the watch involved in a maritime accident.     

论我国《海商法》下船舶优先权的项目设置

船舶优先权作为一项古老的海商法法律制度,一直吸引着众多学者探索研究。本文提出对《海商法》下船舶优先权的项目设置需严格控制,只须设定船员工资、救助报酬项目,对特殊群体进行保护即可。这样规定对我国航运业的发展有一定促进作用。     

航海哲学体系的构建

针对航海职业的特殊性和航海思想体系的凌乱性,文章通过实际调查,分析航海哲学体系构建的必要性,得出了航海哲学体系构建的基本框架。     

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.     

海事行政自由裁量权的控制

行政自由裁量权是指行政主体在法律、法规、规章规定的范围和幅度内,对具体行政行为的范围、种类、方式、方法、幅度和时限等可以进行自行决定或选择的权限。自由裁量权是海事机关行使水上行政执法权力、维护国家水上     

海事护航港珠澳大桥工程

港珠澳大桥是连接粤港澳三地的超大型交通基础设施,全长56公里,采用"桥隧组合"方案,建成后将成为世界最长的跨海大桥。该工程于2009年12月15日正式开建,其中珠澳口岸人工岛作为港珠澳大桥的起步工程,率先动工建设。     

The precautionary principle in maritime affairs

Since the 1980s, the precautionary principle has been drawing more and more international attention. This became particularly clear during the series of Conferences on the Protection of the North Sea, which addressed marine environmental protection, and initiated the application of the principle into maritime affairs. Although a unified concept of the precautionary principle is lacking, some typical formulations have been concluded in regional treaties and international documents, and components of the principle can be summarised (Part I and Part II). The precautionary principle has been adopted by international documents involving different fields of law of the sea, and been addressed by international courts and tribunals (Part III). While the precautionary principle is still not part of customary international law (Part IV), its increasing level of worldwide acceptance suggests that it will become a customary international law in the future.     

海事文化建设研究

中国加入WTO后,水运事业呈现出繁荣的发展势头,海事系统作为代表国家行使水上交通安全监督管理职能的执法机关,直接服务于人民、服务于社会、服务于港航单位,本文结合近几年来在海事文化建设中的探索和实践,就海事文化建设的环境、现状和思路等问题进行阐述.     

The Polish maritime sector under transition

This paper provides an analysis of the changes that have taken place in the Polish maritime sector between the demise of the Socialist state in 1989 and the current situation when the transformation process has had 10 years to develop. Examples are taken from the ports and shipping sectors and the conclusions provide an assessment of the structural implications of the transformation period for the overall maritime industry.     

The Polish maritime sector under transition

This paper provides an analysis of the changes that have taken place in the Polish maritime sector between the demise of the Socialist state in 1989 and the current situation when the transformation process has had 10 years to develop. Examples are taken from the ports and shipping sectors and the conclusions provide an assessment of the structural implications of the transformation period for the overall maritime industry.