Chinese Shipping Companies To The Modern Logistics Enterprise

With the development of China's economy and extensive application of electronic business technology, modern logistics as an advanced way of organization and technology of management, has been regarded as an important new source of benefit. More and more enterprises relating with logistic business are considering and planning to transfer to modern logistic company.It is a fact that comparing with the companies of advanced countries, Chinese traditional shipping company as a provider of logistic service, still has big differences in understanding and carrying out of modern logistics. How to break through the traditional concept and pattern of management has become the top issue considered by the company's decision-maker. They're aiming to meet the demands of the market need and making clients to be satisfied and providing whole process of logistic service. This is the natural result of market economy and choice of self-development.This article is to point out that it is necessary and possible for Chinese shipping companies to transfer to real comprehensive modern logistic enterprises through analysis of current situation of the companies. It brings out the strategy and measure for Chinese shipping companies how to develop modern logistics. It provides the companies a practical scheme to speed up the development of modern logistics and enhancing the capability competition.As Third Party Logistics is a new industry in China, although many shipping enterprises are eager to take part in the modern logistics group, it is not quite easy get the success. Close cooperation should be kept between academic research people and related industry to make efforts to do something. This paper may have some reference for policy formulation in shipping enterprises.