海事政务中心发展思路的几点思考

文中从海事政务中心的发展角度出发,通过分析和研究其产生、存在并发展的法律依据,找出困扰其发展的问题根源,并试图从立法规范、职能定位和运行机制等方面提出推动其健康发展的有效对策。     

基于就业导向的高职立体实践教学方案研究——以国际航运业务管理专业为例

文章在分析目前国际航运业务管理专业实践教学体系现状的基础上,通过调研就业企业和岗位的素质要求,提出了一套基于就业导向的立体化实践教学体系,以实现就业的无缝对接。     

Critical success factors of supply chain integration in container shipping: an application of resource-based view theory

ABSTRACT

The container shipping industry is receiving growing attention in driving the performance of global supply chains. This phenomenon has accelerated supply chain integration (SCI) within the industry. Although SCI could offer numerous benefits, it is often quoted to be implemented easier in theory than in practice. The high failure rate that is associated with SCI is often not addressed in the literature. Grounded on resource-based view (RBV) theory, this paper is aimed at identifying the critical success factors (CSFs) and examining their influence on SCI and supply chain performance (SCP). Survey questionnaires were administered on 164 container shipping firms. The constructs were validated empirically using confirmatory factor analysis and were subsequently analysed using structural equation modelling. The proposed CSFs in this study are found to be positively corelated with SCI, which, in turn, is positively correlated with SCP. This paper has contributed to both theory and practice by applying RBV theory to identify the key resources and capabilities that are necessary for SCI in the container shipping industry.     

Verifying liner Shipping Alliance’s stability by applying core theory

The core is a vital concept in cooperative game theory and has been widely used in analyzing alliance’s stability. It is especially interesting to apply core theory in liner shipping market due to the latter’s exceptional characteristic of non-homogeneous cost curves as well as divisible and fluctuant demand. Having observed some new phenomena and trends in the industry, this paper studies the economic performance and stability of liner shipping alliance by applying core theory where business cooperation is partly realized by delivering joint-service with mega container ships. To demonstrate the core situation in liner shipping alliance, a cost function is first identified on the basis of two assumptions regarding cooperation: 1) sharing or pooling vessels and 2) deploying mega container ships if needed. Taking cost functions as basis, two conditions of approaching core may be groomed, i.e., collective rationality and individual rationality. The first condition is discussed from the perspective of market, while the second condition is studied within the alliance. Stability of liner shipping alliance is then observed based on these two conditions. An illustrative case study is conducted in order to show some implications and explicitly clarify the theory.     

Examining the influence of firm performance on business risk-taking and the mediation effect of scale of operations in the container terminal industry

Container shipping and its related service sectors help accelerate globalization of the world economy. This industry has been experiencing rapid growth, prompting container terminal operators to increase their handling capacity in response. Providing container terminal services requires substantial capital investment in physical assets such as cargo handling facilities and information systems. On the other hand, operating container terminals is a long-term investment that typically spans several business cycles. Hence prudent asset management using appropriate tools is critical for container terminal operators to sustain their businesses. Generally, due to risk-adverseness, investors are unwilling to take more risk in their investment unless they can reap a higher return. Contrary to this argument, this study finds no direct influence of better firm performance as a proxy of higher return on business risk-taking by container terminal operators. Instead, scale of operations is positively associated with business risk-taking, suggesting that container terminal operators with a larger scale of operations are willing to take more business risk.     

锈蚀钢筋混凝土结构可靠性与寿命预测

目前钢筋混凝土结构可靠度研究大多数没有考虑钢筋锈蚀的影响。从考虑钢筋面积的降低,建立锈蚀钢筋混凝土结构抗力的模型,应用结构可靠性分析的简化方法计算结构的可靠度来评估混凝土结构可靠度。通过分析,还可以进行目标可靠度下的寿命预测。     

高速公路客户服务系统关键技术和体系结构研究

介绍高速公路服务系统及其关键技术和技术标准,讨论高速公路客户服务系统服务类型和业务流程,并对其体系结构进行分析和研究,结合我国公路交通管理需求和特点,给出实现高速公路客户服务系统的初步方案。     

城市高快速路先行建设智能交通系统之我见

分析了城市高快速路现状普遍存在的突出问题及城市高快速路建设智能交通系统的意义，从实际需求和将来发展预留空间出发，结合工作实践，提出了城市高快速路智能交通系统的系统定位和功能架构。     

延长导热油使用寿命的方法分析

通过了解导热油的特性,分析导热油结焦的过程和老化原因,提出防止或减少导热油结焦是提高运行效率、运行安全和延长导热油使用寿命的关键。结合理论和实践经验,介绍了导热油在使用过程中应注意的问题及解决方法,从而达到延长导热油使用寿命、降低生产成本和安全运行的目的。     

浅谈远程职业教育模式

随着社会的发展,社会分工的细化和人才的需要,远程职业教育的重要性愈加体现,其作为远程教育体系结构中的薄弱环节将会被大力发展。该文就远程职业教育的服务对象、教学实施和质量控制等问题阐述了一定的观点。