Evaluation of safety and environmental risk at individual ship and company level

Whereas current risk profiling methods used in the maritime sector largely rely on detention risk, we extend them by considering various risk dimensions and by evaluating a wide range of risk factors including pollution and damage costs. Risk factors include ship particulars such as vessel type and the nature of companies and owners, as well as historical information on past accidents, inspections, and changes of particulars. We present methods to summarize and visualize the various risk dimensions paying particular attention to the identification of potentially risky companies. The results are obtained by combining unique data sets with information on ship arrivals, inspections, and accidents covering 2006-2010.     

A cost-based maritime container assignment model

A recently proposed frequency-based maritime container assignment model (Bell et al., 2011) seeks an assignment of full and empty containers to paths that minimises expected container travel time, whereas containers are in practice more likely to be assigned to minimise expected cost. A cost-based container assignment model is proposed here. It is assumed that routes and service frequencies are given so ship operating costs are also fixed. The objective is to assign containers to routes to minimise container handling costs, container rental and inventory costs. The constraints in the model are extended to include route as well as port capacities. It is shown that the problem remains a linear program. A numerical example is presented to illustrate the properties of the model. The paper concludes by considering the many applications of the proposed maritime container assignment model.     

哈尔滨铁路局教育信息网络建设研究

就在哈尔滨铁路局综合办公信息系统和互联网上建设哈尔滨铁路局教育信息网络,进行了分析并提出基于Internet/Intranet的哈尔滨铁路局教育信息网设计方案、实施步骤以及铁路局教育处网站提出的设计建议.     

21世纪海上丝绸之路航道安全探析

研究和探讨21世纪海上丝绸之路,必然涉及海洋运输航道安全问题,而现阶段紧密结合21世纪海上丝绸之路进行航道安全研究的成果较少。在文献综述基础上,通过界定21世纪海上丝绸之路的范围,明晰航道安全的研究对象,从战略物资进口通道角度切入,用详实的数据论证了海上丝绸之路承载着我国能源进口、对外贸易、国家安全等战略重任。立足当前国内外宏观形势,归类梳理了航道沿线宏观环境错综复杂、航道沿线国别之间协调合作机制欠佳、航道运输规划和管理水平有待提高和其他不可抗风险等四方面存在的安全风险,并从坚持和平外交政策、尝试建立21世纪南海经济圈、积极构建地区沟通合作平台、力求掌握航道安全主动权等角度提出了针对性较强的意见建议,争取为建设安全、繁荣、互利共赢的21世纪海上丝绸之路开阔新思路。     

困惑与出路——辽宁省高等院校文化素质教育管窥

如何培养一个健全的、有责任感的合格的人才是一种非常复杂细致的系统工程,而文化素质教育日益被各大高校所重视。辽宁省很多学校都在进行文化素质教育的探索和实践,但是各大学校在人文素质教育规划的制定、课程的设置、资金和人员的配套甚至是人文素质教育概念厘清上都存在着很多的困惑。随着《国家中长期教育改革和发展规划纲要(2010-2020年)》中明确提出育人是教育的根本,这也为辽宁省高等院校的文化素质教育提供了发展的机遇和希望。     

要高度重视人文社科教育对于培养创新型人才的作用

高等教育作为培养现代化人才的重要场所,在我国的经济发展和社会发展中的作用有目共睹。但是,究竟如何培养人、培养什么样的人的问题一直在困扰着我国的教育发展。本人认为:高等教育的基本目标就是要培养全面发展、具有综合素质的人。而人文社科教育作为一种精神和理念,对培养创新型人才具有重要的影响。     

Applying SMC pricing in PPPs for the maritime sector

This paper investigates whether Short-run Marginal Cost (SMC) pricing is feasible to implement in seaports and with what type of consequences, e.g. concerning cost coverage. Answering these questions requires an analysis of the cost structure of seaports and especially of seaport calls, as well as of how the division of these costs over the different actors runs. As from the moment that this information becomes available, it can be analysed to what extent SMC pricing can be applied in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) within the seaport sector. Till now, mainly seaport infrastructure is involved, including the seaport entry from the open sea.