集装箱海运危险货物瞒报谎报的治理

集装箱海运危险货物瞒报、谎报行为对海上运输、人命财产和海洋环境构成严重威胁。海事部门作为海上交通安全管理的主管机关,要充分认识集装箱海运危险货物瞒报、谎报的危害性,在认真分析其产生原因的基础上,有针对性地采取治理措施。     

广西航运人才培养存在的问题及解决措施

文章针对当今国际、国内航运市场的人才需求情况,介绍了广西航运人才的现状及培养状况,分析了当前广西航运人才培养过程中存在的问题,并提出了加快广西航运人才培养的措施和途径。     

辽宁港口航运业节能减排现状及发展对策

港口航运业是交通运输行业的重要组成部分,是交通运输行业节能减排工作的重点之一。本文分析了辽宁省港航系统节能减排工作的发展现状及存在的主要问题,从加强技术性节能、结构性节能、管理性节能三方面对全省港航系统节能减排工作发展对策进行了探讨。     

借鉴发达国家经验,改革高职高专海上货物运输教学

文章从研究发达国家海上货物运输教学内容出发,借鉴发达国家经验,提出我国海上货物运输教学课程改革的思路与方法。     

海运业跨国经营投资区域选择研究

建立了海运业跨国经营投资区域选择的层次分析模型,应用了Delphi、AHP、FUZZY综合评价方法来选择海运业跨国经营投资区域。     

水运交通电视监控图像目标识别技术研究

针对水运交通的特点,提出一种水运交通电视监控图像目标识别技术,使用条件细缝检测窗,对窗内的图像数据进行似然比法求差图像,序列图像相关去时域噪声及进行闭运算以弥合孔洞和裂缝,之后进行目标检测和跟踪（匹配）, 最后计算各种交通参考。     

Atmospheric impact of ship traffic in four Adriatic-Ionian port-cities: Comparison and harmonization of different approaches

Shipping is a growing transport sector representing a relevant share of atmospheric pollutant emissions at global scale. In the Mediterranean Sea, shipping affects air quality of coastal urban areas with potential hazardous effects on both human health and climate. The high number of different approaches for investigating this aspect limits the comparability of results. Furthermore, limited information regarding the inter-annual trends of shipping impacts is available. In this work, an approach integrating emission inventory, numerical modelling (WRF-CAMx modelling system), and experimental measurements at high and low temporal resolution is used to investigate air quality shipping impact in the Adriatic/Ionian area focusing on four port-cities: Brindisi and Venice (Italy), Patras (Greece), and Rijeka (Croatia). Results showed shipping emissions of particulate matter (PM) and NOx comparable to road traffic emissions at all port-cities, with larger contributions to local SO₂ emissions. Contributions to PM_2.5 ranged between 0.5% (Rijeka) and 7.4% (Brindisi), those to PM₁₀ were between 0.3% (Rijeka) and 5.8% (Brindisi). Contributions to particle number concentration (PNC) showed an impact 2–4 times larger with respect to that on mass concentrations. Shipping impact on gaseous pollutants are larger than those to PM. The contribution to total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) concentrations was 82% in Venice and 56% in Brindisi, with a different partition gas-particle because of different meteorological conditions. The inter-annual trends analysis showed the primary contribution to PM concentrations decreasing, due to the implementation of the European legislation on the use of low-sulphur content fuels. This effect was not present on other pollutants like PAHs.     

Determinants of the probability of default: the case of the internationally listed shipping corporations

In this study, we use a sample of 192 listed shipping companies and employ a logit model in order to investigate the determinants of the probability of default. We enhance our analysis by isolating not only the cases of company liquidations but also those cases where companies had to change their legal status due to warning liquidity signals. Our key findings are in line with prior research and moreover we depict a changing trend in the marginal effects of relevant variables, on the probability of default. We further show, through an empirical application, how the obtained results can be used in a managerial decision-making process and in a bank credit underwriting process in order to assess the creditworthiness of a shipping company.     

Assessment of cost as a function of abatement options in maritime emission control areas

This paper assesses cost as a function of abatement options in maritime emission control areas (ECA). The first regulation of air pollutions from ships which came into effect in the late 1990s was not strict and could easily be met. However the present requirement (2015) for reduction of Sulfur content for all vessels, in combination with the required reduction of nitrogen and carbon emissions for new-built vessels, is an economic and technical challenge for the shipping industry. Additional complexity is added by the fact that the strictest nitrogen regulations are applicable only for new-built vessels from 2016 onwards which shall enter US or Canadian waters. This study indicates that there is no single answer to what is the best abatement option, but rather that the best option will be a function of engine size, annual fuel consumption in the ECA and the foreseen future fuel prices. However a low oil price, favors the options with the lowest capex, i.e. Marine Gas Oil (MGO) or Light Fuel Oil (LFO), while a high oil price makes the solutions which requires higher capex (investments) more attractive.     

Evaluation of total risk exposure and insurance premiums in the maritime industry

The empirical evaluation of maritime risk exposure is based on the monetary value at risk (MVR) that incorporates individual safety quality data of about 130,000 vessels, insurable values related to various potential damages, and proxies for fractions of values lost at incidents. MVR provides a tool to enhance strategic planning of maritime administrations and insurance providers, which is illustrated by a high level comparison of annual risk exposure with insurance premiums for 2010–2014. The analysis reveals a global annual insurable value of 30.6 trillion USD with associated annual MVR of 38.8 billion USD for very serious and serious incidents. Although oil tankers show the highest risk exposure (1.75 million USD per tanker per year), safety qualities are found to be best for this ship type (1.4% annual incident risk) and worst for container vessels (2.8%). Annual growth rates in total risk exposure are mostly positive with highest value for dry bulk carriers (27.8%), whereas risk exposure tends to decline for pollution of oil tankers (−2.0%) and passenger vessels (−11.3%), and for loss of life of oil tankers (−1.9%) and dry bulk carriers (−1.4%). Comparison across administrative dimensions reveals that most risk exposure lies with old open registries and with beneficial owners and the Document of Compliance companies located in high income countries. Comparison with global insurance premiums suggests reasonably adequate coverage of maritime risks (excluding cargo) with under-insurance of risk by around 5% (about 1 billion USD per year), with some uncertainties remaining for actual loss fractions of the involved damages.