Research Of Developing Modern Logistics In Port Of Zhangjiagang

Modern logistics is the whole efficient flowing process of raw materials, products and their information from initial consignment to destinations, is the value process of time and space, including activities of planning, organizing, execution and control of purchase, transportation, stevedoring, storing, distribution, packing and other processing for circulation. With the developing of global economy, the extent of purchasing and selling of all kinds of elements for production is being expanded; the development of professional transportation and information offered a chance for developing modern logistics.Port is the center of cargo distributing, is one important loop of the chain of global logistical supplying. It has good basic facilities, can offer stevedoring, storing and processing for cargo in quantity, is the joint of information flowing, logistics and fund flowing. Developing modern logistics cannot go without the participation of port. On the other hand, modern logistics has great impulse for port' s development, and then the level of port logistics has become the main showing for port competition. Port logistics is developing on the basis of modern logistics, is one kind of modern logistics by means of port and relying on port. In recent years, the main ports in the world, have began to use modern information technologies and means to bring whole logistics management into effect on all cargoes which are going through the port and joint the social logistics effectively, greatly improved the efficiency of port logistics, saved some spending, reduced the cost of logistics, gained an good economical and social efficiency.With the policy of reforming and opening in our country, its special zone advantages and people' s hard working, the through capacity in Zhang Jia Gang Port is being improved, the handling cargoes in 1995 is only 4,332,000 metric tons, but in 2002 it comes to 18,800,000 metric tons, accomplished 4.3 times, handling cargoquantity in 2002 increased 5,000,000 metric tons than in 2001, it' s one year that handling cargo quantity increased most rapidly, it' s interrelated with paying attention to planning and researching, developing logistics services by the Harbor Administration.Zhang Jia Gang Port has good policies and economical environment, good geographical position, big inland economical zone, integrated berths, warehouses and open yards and other port service facilities, these are all necessary basic qualifications for developing modern logistics. Disadvantageous factors for developing logistics in ZhangJiaGang Port, demand for logistics is not sufficient, management of logistics industry and information construction has fallen behind, the space for port' s developing is small, basic facilities is not sufficient, people' s thinking and conception can not catch up with demand for developing modern logistics, the style of customs clearance need to be improved, the management level of relevant freight agent, shipping agent, storing agent, transportation enterprises is not high, their inter management system is deadlocked.The operating style of port logistics: Port supplies basic facilities, attracts logistics enterprises or importers and exporters and so on to do business in the port, and let them to manage Logistics service. Port relies on itself, uses its facilities, invests by it or with other enterprises to expand its service function of port logistics and carry out some logistics service of the logistics chain. Founding professional logistics company to operating the whole process for logistics service.Methods for developing logistics in Zhang JiaGang Port, gain support from the government, strengthen the cooperation with other zones, greatly develop industries near the port, improve the distributing center, extensively investigate and research on the basis of its present logistics service, choose proper partner to cooperate, establish commercial trading center, promote freight agent and multi-transportation enterprises to turn into logistics enterprises, assemble the...