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Selection of dry port location in the hinterland of Chattogram Port : a fuzzy AHP-BWM-PROMETHEE approach
Mohammed Mojahid Hossain Chowdhury
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IMO 2020 sulfur cap: green investment in shipping industry
Nishank Sharma
Winner of the 2019 Schlüter Foundation Dissertation Prize
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Smart box : the shipping container of the future
Abud Jamal Said
Prize-winning paper for the 2018 Bureau Internationale des Containers (BIC) essay contest.
"With the increase in global trade, container traffic has increased tremendously in the last two decades. Global container movement has surpassed the 700 million mark (UNCTAD, 2018). This signals a definite milestone for the industry, but it poses a significant threat in terms of commercial viability, safety and security of container related operations. The past year has seen an increase in container related incidents onboard container vessels, ranging from fire, collisions and stability issues. From the complexity that arises thereafter, it is therefore imperative to look at how the container industry can be revolutionized, to enhance safety and security."
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The shipping container as a digitalization catalyst
Gabriel Fuentez Lezcano
Prize-winning paper for the 2017 Bureau Internationale des Containers (BIC) essay contest.
"Considering the magnified importance related to the proper use of containers, the description of the following ideas which are all applicable to the use of containers will provide with a theoretical road map for the progressive implementation of the intermodal transport digitalization."
-Fuentez Lezcano, The shipping container as a digitalization catalyst.
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The flipside of industrial 4.0 – Cyber security risk
Pratichi Rajan Mallick
Prize-winning paper for the 2017 Bureau Internationale des Containers (BIC) essay contest.
In the current scenario of market volatility and globalization, the shipping industry is under immense pressure in terms of growth, revenue expansion, trading condition and cost optimization. From the advent of steam powered vessels to the current fiasco of autonomous vessel, the industry has evolved albeit slowly to a data focused industry. The wave of data collection, sharing and utilization to optimize operations via automation is the next phase of industry revolution, Industry 4.0. The convergence of real and virtual worlds as a result of digitalization has been a crucial driver of change and innovation in the shipping sector. Data has been elemental in developing sustainable mobility and logistics helping companies like Maersk, securing a competitive position. The Age of industry 4.0, which is based on platformbased cooperation between liners, ports and logistic service providers and innovation based strategy incorporating weather and traffic data to optimize operation exposes companies to many challenges.
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A study on marine accident causation models employed by marine casualty investigators / by Fatoumatta Cassama
Fatoumatta Cassama
This research highlights relevant issues related to marine casualties and presents an overview on casualty investigation, a review of marine accidents, the regulatory framework on marine casualty investigations, a brief discussion on system’s design complexity and coupling characteristics, accident causation models used in casualty analysis and the marine accident investigation organizations. The principal objective of the study was to identify and evaluate marine casualty investigators’ endeavors of determining causes of a marine accident with the help of accident causation models or investigation procedures involving accident causation models. The study therefore focuses on the marine accident causation models one could utilize for conducting investigation into marine accidents. States establish an accident investigation regime to determine why an accident happened and to learn lessons that prevent similar accidents from happening in the future. The overall approach towards the research methodology was to employ mixed methods to complement the data as well as to obtain increased response from the target group. In pursuance of this goal, a mixed methods approach comprising questionnaires and structured interviews was adopted towards data collection for the study. The models applied by practitioners ranged from none to a plethora of models. The SHEL and Reason’s Swiss cheese model were common to the questionnaire respondents and interview participants while the other models mentioned were the ATSB, IMO-MAIIF, HTO, FRAM, AcciMap, MTO, ISIM and Heinrich’s Domino model. The utilization of event and causal factors diagrams was also mentioned along with path dependency. This highlights the diversity in the available models. The reasons the participants gave for the utilization of models largely depended upon the ability of the model to capture maritime accidents including complex accidents and the level of training required in the application of the model. The ability of the model to address organizational aspects rather than mechanical failures was highlighted. Also highlighted was the juxtaposition of models – that is utilizing a model to identify the technical aspects of the accident and another to explore how it was managed. Another reason highlighted was the requirement by organizations which mandated a particular model to be used. Various reasons have been stipulated by these marine accident investigators for their preferences of using particular models or none at all. The reduction of marine accidents in the maritime industry as a result of the use of models or not, is in conclusive.
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The new public management and its application into the Chilean maritime administration, within the Chile Navy
Dinson Baack Vasquez
The importance of Maritime Administrations in the context of a globalized world has been increasing, as the international maritime community gets more involved in the shipping industry and in those issues concerning regulatory framework. In this scenario, it is necessary to analyze a tool able to provide an efficient and proactive system to meet the requirements of the private sector and also, to generate the conditions for an enhancement of the global economy. Thus, the New Public Management became the main model during the last 30 years, where governments made the necessary changes in order to achieve the purpose of the new managerial system. However, some public services are delegated into military organizations such as the case of the Chilean Maritime Administration, a government agency within the Chile Navy. The analysis of the Traditional Public Administration and the New Public Management lead to identify the managerial model, whereby DIRECTEMAR has been organized, and; jointly with a case study about the outsourcing process in UK Search and Rescue Service, the considerations on the possibilities of reforms in the Chilean Maritime Administration. The conclusion and recommendations are given according to the benefits and opportunities that Chile has to considerer for further changes, taking as a foundation the current condition of a military agency.
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The Ship Arrest Conventions of 1952 and 1999 : international and Ukrainian perspectives
Nadiya Isikova
The dissertation is an analytical study on international and Ukrainian perspective of the ship arrest, examining the rights and interests of claimants such as mortgagees and holders of maritime liens, but also those of shipowners and ship operators. The purpose of this research is to compare two Arrest Conventions of 1952 and 1999, taking into consideration their historical and theoretical development, problems of implementation and interpretation, differences in the list of individual maritime claims, procedures and rules regarding arrest, rearrest, release and counter security. The associated object is to carry out an assessment of the law of Ukraine on ship arrest. The new Arrest Convention of 1999 has clarified many provisions of the older Convention and expanded the list of maritime claims. However, it has still left room for discussion and freedom for national legislation to fill the gaps. Both Conventions allow ship arrest for security and in some jurisdictions the concept is used for the founding of jurisdiction. However, no convention has ever addressed the questions of arrest of cargo/bunkers and caveat against arrest and/or release. The author is of the opinion that the 1999 Arrest Convention is more favourable to developing countries whereas the 1952 Convention meets the needs of the traditional maritime states in a manner more acceptable to them. In a somewhat similar vein, the writer is of the opinion that the 1952 Arrest Convention is more “pro-shipping”, while the 1999 Convention brings more benefits to port countries. Ukraine has already shown an intention to comply with provisions of the 1999 Convention in articulating the list of maritime claims in the Merchant Shipping Code. However, it ratified the 1952 Arrest Convention, with a view to restrict the numbers of arrests of Ukrainian vessels in other jurisdictions, allowing arrest only for maritime claims.
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Shipping strategies in dry bulk and tanker markets : specialisation versus diversification
Jean-Pie Gauci-Maistre
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