Port Enterprises Research Articles

Performance Management Evaluation of Port Enterprises in a Low-Carbon Environment

Wang, X. and Han, Y., 2020. Performance management evaluation of port enterprises in a low-carbon environment. In: Gong, D.; Zhang, M., and Liu, R. (eds.), Advances in Coastal Research: Engineering, Industry, Economy, and Sustainable Development. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 106, pp. 334–337. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.With increasing attention to environmental protection, building a low-carbon environment has become a global development trend. For the port industry, it is the only way for enterprises to adapt to the global economic changes. Therefore, port enterprises should actively use the new development mode of low-carbon economy in enterprise management so as to solve the problems of transformation and upgrading, energy conservation, and emission reduction. On this basis, this paper first introduces the theoretical basis of port enterprise performance management in a low-carbon economy, then analyzes the impact of a low-carbon environment on port enterprises, and finally studies the construction method of a port enterprise performance management system in a low-carbon environment.

Evaluation of Financial Performance of Port Enterprises Based on Radial Basis Function Neural Network

Li, J., 2020. Evaluation of financial performance of port enterprises based on radial basis function neural network. In: Gong, D.; Zhang, M., and Liu, R. (eds.), Advances in Coastal Research: Engineering, Industry, Economy, and Sustainable Development. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 106, pp. 255–258. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.An objective, fair, and accurate evaluation of the financial performance of the port enterprises is an important measure to mobilize and improve the enthusiasm of the port enterprises employees and the progress of scientific and technological innovation. This paper proposes a refined evaluation model of the financial performance of port enterprise companies based on the radial basis function (RBF) neural network. The normalized financial performance index data of port enterprise companies are multiplied by the corresponding weight coefficient as the network input, using excellent, good, middle, and F5 grade evaluations as output. The particle swarm optimization algorithm was used to cross-validate the RBF network structure parameters. Through analyzing the RBF network structure and enter and export characteristics, it was found that the trained RBF network weights are highly correlated with the five-level evaluation results and can more accurately distinguish scientific research performance differences than the five-level evaluation results. This weight can be directly used to conduct a detailed evaluation of the financial performance of the port enterprises. This paper promotes the application of RBF networks in the evaluation of financial performance of port enterprise companies and provides new ideas for similar evaluations.

Promotive Effect of Port Trade on the International Economy Considering the Effect of Industrial Clusters

Cheng, B., 2020. Promotive effect of port trade on the international economy considering the effect of industrial clusters. In: Gong, D.; Zhang, M., and Liu, R. (eds.), Advances in Coastal Research: Engineering, Industry, Economy, and Sustainable Development. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 106, pp. 221–224. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.China's foreign trade mainly relies on marine transportation, and the port trade develops rapidly and synchronously with the economy. With the continuous increase of the number of port-based enterprises, the effect of industrial clusters of port enterprises is becoming increasingly obvious, and its promotive effect on the international trade is getting stronger. With Shanghai Port as an example and taking the effect of industrial clusters into consideration, this paper explores the promotive effect of port trade on the international economy and conducts related analysis. The research results show that with the progress of foreign trade, industries that are closely related to port industrial clusters are also developing continuously. The economic effects of port industrial clusters are divided into two aspects: the micro-aspect and the macro-aspect. As an example, the industrial cluster effect of the Yangtze River Delta Region and the industrial clusters of port-based enterprises would enhance the promotive effect of Shanghai Port on the international economy. The study in this paper aims to provide a theoretical basis for promoting the effect of port industrial clusters.

Design of Port Enterprise Logistics Vehicle Location Tracking System Based on Big Data

Ren, H., 2020. Design of port enterprise logistics vehicle location tracking system based on big data. In: Yang, Y.; Mi, C.; Zhao, L., and Lam, S. (eds.), Global Topics and New Trends in Coastal Research: Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 103, pp. 873–876. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.To realize the real-time tracking of port enterprise logistics vehicle location, a big data-based location tracking system for port enterprise logistics vehicle is designed. With the support of large data network framework, establishing standardized port logistics tracking network, then according to the practical application of data back communication principle, perfect logistics vehicles position back every supply chain link, combine multiple trace elements, implementation is based on large data port logistics vehicle position tracing system smooth application. Practical test results show that, during the whole traceability period, the correlation coefficient between big data information variables and port enterprises' logistics vehicle location has always maintained an obvious restriction and influence relationship, so as to solve the problem that the real-time tracking efficiency of vehicle location is not up to standard.

Evaluation Method of Logistics Transportation Efficiency of Port Enterprises Based on Game Model

Dai, J., 2020. Evaluation method of logistics transportation efficiency of port enterprises based on game model. In: Yang, Y.; Mi, C.; Zhao, L., and Lam, S. (eds.), Global Topics and New Trends in Coastal Research: Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 103, pp. 609–613. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.Improving the efficiency of port logistics is of great significance for promoting the effective development of ports and promoting the rapid growth of hinterland and regional economy. Based on the game model, a quantitative model is established to evaluate the production efficiency of port logistics. The results show that the logistics efficiency of developed cities is better. The average city stagnates at a lower level; The average city stagnates at a lower level; During this period, the cities with a rapid development rate were greatly improved. Cities with poor port management are less efficient at logistics. Finally, the paper puts forward the reasons for the limitation of relative effectiveness of port logistics production and policy Suggestions to provide decision guidance for the management and production of port logistics.

Evaluation Method of Port Enterprise Product Quality Based on Entropy Weight TOPSIS

Ren, Z., 2020. Evaluation method of port enterprise product quality based on entropy weight TOPSIS. In: Yang, Y.; Mi, C.; Zhao, L., and Lam, S. (eds.), Global Topics and New Trends in Coastal Research: Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 103, pp. 766–769. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.The evaluation method of port enterprise product quality has the problem of poor evaluation accuracy. Therefore, an evaluation model of port enterprise product quality evaluation method based on entropy weight TOPSIS is proposed. First, a product quality evaluation index system is built. Then, the weight of the evaluation index is determined using entropy weight method. Based on this, the TOPSIS method is employed to build the product quality evaluation model of port enterprises. The proposed evaluation model has a high accuracy, which fully shows that the proposed product quality evaluation method has better evaluation effect.

The Way to Improve the Risk Management and Control Ability of Small-medium Port Enterprises

Li, J., 2020. The way to improve the risk management and control ability of small-medium port enterprises. In: Yang, Y.; Mi, C.; Zhao, L., and Lam, S. (eds.), Global Topics and New Trends in Coastal Research: Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 103, pp. 213–216. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.The major decision risks of small-medium enterprises are investment and financing risks, and the risk control of small-medium enterprises by themselves and regulators at all levels has become a prominent problem. How to do a good job in supervision, review and risk control, establish and improve the risk control mechanism, and give full play to the positive influence and role of small-medium enterprises in China's socialist market economy has become the current society the main task of preventing financial risks. Based on the analysis of the current situation of the development of small-medium enterprises in the current stage of socialism, the author further explores the specific measures of the investment and financing risk management, which promote the further improvement of the level of economic development in China.

Design of Port Enterprise Financial Shared Service Center Based on Nested Logit Model

Liu, Y., 2020. Design of port enterprise financial Shared service center based on nested logit model. In: Yang, Y.; Mi, C.; Zhao, L., and Lam, S. (eds.), Global Topics and New Trends in Coastal Research: Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 103, pp. 29–32. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.The port enterprise financial Shared service center under the traditional design, has the characteristics of centralized management, but with the rapid improvement of the economic level, the service center cannot meet the diversified business model, so according to the hierarchical characteristics of the nested Logit model, the design of a new port enterprise financial Shared service center. This design USES elastic analysis method to obtain the working behavior characteristics of enterprise employees. Based on the nested Logit model, the multi-polarization comprehensive service model of financial Shared service center is designed. By changing the strategic positioning, the optimization design of the port enterprise financial Shared service center is realized. Experimental test results: taking 6 conditions in the four business modes as the test target, the financial center designed fails to meet only 3 test conditions, while the financial center designed by the traditional method fails to meet more than 50% of test conditions. It can be seen that the financial sharing service center designed this time meets the diversified development requirements of enterprises.

Finite Element Analysis of the Influence of Industrial Structure on Port Enterprise Development

Finite Element Analysis of the Influence of Industrial Structure on Port Enterprise Development

Challenges and Prospects of Multimodal Transport System Provision and Operation in Ethiopia: The Case of Modjo Dry Port

In this contemporary world, multimodal transport system faces with various challenges totransport freight effectively in most landlocked developing country, causing lost economic growthand development. The limitations of freight transit facilitation that exists in these countries arefrequent problems of Ethiopia. This study assesses the challenges and prospects of multimodaltransport system provision and operations in Ethiopia: The case of modjo dry port. Particularly,the study attempts to identify challenges of system provision, factors affecting operation of thesystem in modjo dry port and role of modjo dry port for the system to manage the problems inEthiopia. Primary data were collected through structured questionnaires, interview, focus groupdiscussion and field observation; total of 96 samples from modjo dry port enterprise, revenue andcustoms authority of modjo branch and customs clearing agents are selected. Both probability and non-probability sampling were utilized. Secondary data sources were also collected from different books, websites, pamphlets, research papers, reports, magazines. Mixed research approach that combined both qualitative and quantitative is utilized to triangulate the analysis of the finding. Generally, the major challenges of multimodal transport system provisions in modjo dry port were unfinished infrastructures; lack of essential equipments for cargoes handling; unfulfilled structure with skilled personnel; absence of railway, lack of truck; poor public private partnership, low level of technology and information technology provision. Whereas, increasing rate of foreign currency; frequent theft and pilferage; lack of training and awareness creation;high turnover rate; unbalanced trade; complex documentation and customs process; delay and congestion of cargo; un-automated service and high transport, port and warehouse fee at sea port are the major challenges of multimodal transport system operation in modjo dry port confirmed by this study. This study proves that now modjo dry port has not sufficient capacity to accomplish the activity of the system successfully. However, to overcome the challenges attempt to reduce unnecessary fee at port, give different service and provide essential equipments to run the activity of the system efficiently. At the end, based on survey result the study forwarded the possible implications to be considered to the concerned bodies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of its transit facilitation. Keywords: multimodal transport system; multimodal transport provision; multimodal transport operation and dry port enterprise . DOI: 10.7176/IEL/10-2-01 Publication date: March 31 st 2020

The Capabilities for Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution by Ships: China’s Construction Experiences and Future Perspectives

The transportation of crude oil will still mainly based on tanker in the next few decades. Although the number of largescale marine oil spill has decreased significantly over the last half a century, but our world will continuous confront many challenges about PCMPS (prevention and control of marine pollution by ships) inevitably. China has made great achievements of the capabilities for prevention and control of marine pollution by ships in the past decade, which mainly includes top-level design of framework, laws and regulations, industrial policies, technical specifications, spill emergency response team, contingency plan, etc. Moreover, with actively integrated of the emergency materials invested by governments, ship pollution removal enterprises and port enterprises, an emergency response system for PCMPS has been initially formed. Meanwhile, China needs continuous improvement in many aspects for marine environmental challenges in the future, such as the soft power of warehouses, coordination mechanism of all emergency forces, technical standard system, daily management and maintenance fund, waste receiving capacity, monitoring of oil spill site, etc.

Território Guarani Sambaqui e o Complexo Portuário em Pontal do Paraná: injustiças socioambientais no ordenamento territorial

The Guarani Mbya territory on the coast side has a history of occupation since before the arrival of colonizers in the region. Sambaqui is the name of one of the territories in the town of Pontal do Parana that is part of the territorial complex Mbya on the coast side of Parana, formed in total by six territories. The town, with its current beach-touristic economical characteristics, has a scene of four port enterprises and an Infrastructure Zone that have been described on territorial ordering tools such as the environmental studies and ecological-economical zoning. This article aims, in light of the contributions about social-environmental conflicts, to demonstrate in which way the territorial ordering tools of the region consider the Guarani indigenous territory. The description of the enterprises, which fall upon the Sambaqui Guarani territory, required from documental sources, guided by the content analysis, and from the latter, two maps arise. As a result, we verify the proximity of enterprises in connection with the indigenous territory. From the results, we reflect upon the social-environmental injustices caused by the imperceptibility of the indigenous territory evidenced on the territorial ordering instruments in the context of the port enterprises complex of Pontal do Parana, especially, in the coast side Ecological-Economical Zoning.

Green Port Performance evaluation under uncertainty: A multiple attribute group decision analysis

This paper aims to assess the performance of a port within the context of its supply chain on the basis of integrating a five-dimensional balanced scorecard with green performance criteria. A multiple attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) approach is proposed which encompasses both intuitionistic fuzzy set theory and evidence theory in order to properly represent and aggregate the uncertain information which prevails within any process of such an evaluation. With an empirical application, the evaluation results provide effectively not only the ranking order of all alternative port enterprises, but also the strengths and weaknesses of each one, at the detailed level of individual performance attributes.

Забезпечення економічної безпеки на підприємствах морського транспорту

The article considers the economic security of port enterprises, which is an integral part of the development of these enterprises, the basis for improving the quality and competitiveness of port services. The following main areas were identified, changes in which significantly affect the deve-lopment of maritime transport, and which must be taken into account in the formation and implementation of the national maritime policy of Ukraine and the development strategy of individual enterprises in the maritime sector. Having analyzed all types of functional components of the integrated safety system of maritime transport enterprises, and taking into account significant features in the specifics of indivi-dual facilities (ports, shipping companies and coastal enterprises), the proposed classification of water safety threats in terms of three major water transport facilities separately, exposed to threats and dangers: economic security of coastal facilities and shore personnel, navigable economic security, port economic security. The peculiarities of ensuring maritime safety are the presence of a list of threats associated with the specifics of the operational activities of maritime transport enterprises. Factors in the organization of economic security relate to the functionality of its organizational and institutional support. Most of the existing approaches to solving the issues of economic security of the enterprise allowed to choose the most optimal set of principles of management of the economic security system: the principle of complexity, the principle of confidentiality provides, the principle of coordination and coherence of the enterprise. This study focuses on economic levers that are directly related to tracking and eliminating threats. Economic methods direct the implementation of the mechanism to reduce resource consumption, increase the profile and efficiency. Thus, increasing the profile is due to additional profits, reducing resource intensity − by optimizing resources and reducing costs when moving from a lower level of economic security profile to higher, efficiency increases when reducing resource intensity, as well as by increasing effects. Having analyzed all types of functional components of the integrated security system of maritime transport enterprises, and taking into account significant features in the specifics of individual facilities (ports, shipping companies and coastal enterprises), we propose to consider the classification of water transport security threats in terms of three major water transport facilities separately exposed to threats and dangers: economic security of coastal facilities and shore personnel, navigable economic security, port economic security. Thus, the peculiarities of maritime safety are the presence of a list of threats associated with the specifics of the operational activities of maritime transport enterprises. Factors in the organization of economic security relate to the functionality of its organizational and institutional support. The implementation of economic security requires from the maritime industry such qualities as reliability, flexibility and quality. These enterprises are becoming part of the system, which as a whole is a subject of competition, therefore, to ensure the competitiveness of the whole system, the enterprises of the maritime industry must provide an increasing range of services.

Analysis and Application of Port Enterprise Management Mode Based on Profit Mode Analysis

Liu, R.; Shen, W.-Q., and Zhang, M., 2019. Analysis and application of port enterprise management mode based on profit mode analysis. In: Gong, D.; Zhu, H., and Liu, R. (eds.), Selected Topics in Coastal Research: Engineering, Industry, Economy, and Sustainable Development. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 94, pp. 722–726. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.Nowadays, the maritime transport has entered a stable development stage, and port enterprises are trying to win the market and profit with lower prices, however, the results are not satisfactory. For port enterprises, the acquisition of profits should depend on reasonable cost management. With a domestic port enterprise as an example, this paper analyzes its current operation status, finds out problems existing in the cost management, and proposes corresponding improvement solutions. The research shows that the operating income and net profit of the target port enterprise have declined to a certain extent, and its overall profitability is not good. There are big problems in the cost management of the enterprise, such as the operating cost is unstable, the sales cost and financial cost increase slightly, and the retirees-related expenditure is relatively large; and these cost problems of the enterprise could be improved via optimizing human resources and organizational allocation, and enhancing investment management, etc.

The basis of port enterprise financial strategy

The object of research is the process of forming a financial strategy of a port enterprise. The subject of this research is some aspects of the mechanism for choosing a financial strategy for a port enterprise, namely, a methodological approach to choosing a financial strategy. One of the most problematic places is the components of the strategy formation mechanism, despite the fact that various methods are used in the theory and practice of financial management, each of which has its own disadvantages and advantages. These techniques include methods of matrix modeling, strategic analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of activities, financial analysis. The use of certain methodological approaches to choosing a financial strategy should comprehensively present the procedure for choosing alternative directions of strategic development. During the study, a matrix approach is used to select the type of financial strategy of the port enterprise, which requires determining the sequence of the individual stages of the formation of the corresponding matrices. In the modern scientific literature, the process of constructing such matrices of strategic choice is not given enough attention. According to a single parameter composition of the matrix, all types of enterprise strategies, without exception, can’t be selected. At the first stage, it is possible to use the classification of types of financial strategies of port enterprises. However, not all types of strategies will require matrix choices. During the study, the conditions of the formation of the financial strategy of the enterprise and the competence of the financial strategy of a modern port enterprise are considered. And also an example of a methodological approach for choosing a financial strategy for a port enterprise is given, namely, the main and auxiliary matrix for choosing the type of financial strategy of the first class is formed. The system of factors that influence the choice of the financial strategy of this class is determined, and they are ranked by degree of influence. For each class of strategies, the main factors are selected according to the criterion of the level of their influence, diagnostics at the previous stage. The depth of differentiation is determined for each of the selected factors, which can fluctuate in a significant range. The technique chosen in the work allows to more clearly present the process of choosing the financial strategy of an individual enterprise.

Development of the efficient competitiveness mechanism for maritime transport enterprises

The present state of maritime transport has been studied, the dynamics and prospects of its development have been determined, the main advantages of the maritime industry have been presented in the article. Different economic methods have been used. Thus, it has been stressed that globalization processes, characterizing the current state of the world economy development, intensify interstate economic ties, greatly enhancing the role of transport, maritime one in particular as it is a mainstay of globalization due to long water area dividing main economic region of the world. It has been stated that maritime transport is a central element of international transport networks, which serve value chains and international trade. Accordingly, this industry should constantly increase its competitive advantages for further growth of the overall level of national economy competitiveness. Maritime transport enterprises are deemed one of the key constituents of country`s transport system since it accounts for the largest part of cargo turnover in international transportation, as water transport, marine one, in particular, plays an important role in ensuring the integration of countries into the world economy. The analysis and proofs that the phenomena of competition and competitive advantages are key development factors of marine enterprises, set to build up steadily their competitive advantages for further growth of the overall level of national economy competitiveness have been provided. It was also determined that one of the most important factors that is the key to the high level of competitiveness of modern maritime transport is the port economy, which determines the need for measures to increase the competitiveness of seaports. Thus, considerable attention has been paid to the main directions of increasing the competitiveness of the state’s port industry. The range of evaluation issues of competitiveness ensuring mechanisms of port enterprises from the viewpoint of the following approaches: process approach, marketing approach and cluster approach have been defined in this article by the authors.

Evolução socioespacial do município de Itapoá- SC

O presente artigo teve por objetivo contextualizar, caracterizar, descrever e compreender, o processo de transformação socioespacial, recente, do município de Itapoá. Realizou-se uma revisão literária do processo histórico da região e em seguida do município; ao finalizar a leitura, partiu-se para um trabalho de campo estruturado com perguntas priorizando informações da comunidade pretérita, para um público de 30 moradores mais antigos que contribuíram com esta história. Posteriormente, estes registros orais serviram notadamente para identificar o inicio do povoamento, ao mesmo sendo representadas em temáticas que hoje o meio técnico informacional auxilia para melhor entender como iniciou o processo de povoamento do território de Itapoá, as mudanças ao longo do tempo e como está configurada no espaço; e identificar os impactos causados com vinda do grande empreendimento portuário, e quais as transformações ocorridas no município, e como o espaço vem se organizando.

Academicians Viewpoint on Port Managers Prior Competencies in terms of Environmental Sustainability Performance of Container Port Enterprises in Turkey

Academicians Viewpoint on Port Managers Prior Competencies in terms of Environmental Sustainability Performance of Container Port Enterprises in Turkey

Development potential of Ukrainian maritime enterprises

The object of the article is research investigation of the development potential of modern maritime industry, including the financial component as essential prerequisites for competitive advantages of modern maritime business-structures in terms of the intensity growth of competition. The components of potential development of maritime transport enterprises are determined. The principles of assessing the potential maritime business enterprise are examined, including its financial component, based on the calculation system of indicators. The financial potential of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority is analyzed. The influence of the quality of the pricing decisions on the level of development potential of port enterprises as an important component of the maritime industry of Ukraine is determined. The state and prospects of the development of a national system of port dues is reviewed. The measures to improve the quality of pricing decisions at the example of activities of port enterprises, particularly in the sphere of port dues forming, are proposed. The expediency of introducing incentive tariff approach, which is a prerequisite for attracting additional investments to build and modernize maritime transport infrastructure is established. The basic set of criteria for evaluating strategies of development of maritime transport enterprises is determined.