SECURITY MANAGEMENT IN MARITIME SUPPLY CHAIN——THE CASE OF LINER SHIPPING COMPANIES
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, monitoring on container shipping transportation has been strengthened under the international regulations. The shipping operators are required not only to pay more attention to the “safety operations and environmental protection in their ship navigation and shipment transportation but also to well implement the “security management at all times following the new regulations, the “International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code), ontainer Security Initiative (CSI) and Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) etc. The aim of this study is to explore how international liner shipping companies respond to the ncreasingly strict international security requirements to ensure the security of the maritime supply chains. Meanwhile, it also tries to find appropriate strategic responses for shipping liners to achieve high performance. This study first brief reviews the contents of new international egulations and depict their coverage and overlap. Then analyze the responsive strategic actions of container shipping liners. After interviewing senior operators and professionals in shipping industry, we get conclusions of strategic responses for shipping companies. This study propose four strategic responses to deal with the new international maritime regulations, that is “quality management approach, “adoption of high-tech applications, “effective cooperation and communication, and “create maritime security culture to ensure the people security, cargo security, and Vessel security, within whole maritime supply chain.
Marine Supply Chain Management Container Shipping Liners
Chih-Ching Chang Shiou-Yu Chen Shyh-Ching Yu
Department of Shipping and Transportation Management, National Taiwan Ocean University Yang-Ming shipping Co., Ltd.
国际会议
北京
英文
2007-11-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）