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Study Of The Competitiveness Of The International Tanker Shipping Companies

Posted on:2005-02-11Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2206360125961185Subject:International trade
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The oil shipping sector is one of the important sector in the world shipping industry. The world tanker fleet plays a significant role in global sea-borne oil transportation system, especially in the large amount of crude oil transportation. For a nation or a region, the scale of its oil shipping industry affects the whole shipping industry. Being faced with the harsh competition today, the tanker companies have to enhance their own competitive capacity to survive and to expand. With the development of global economy and the acceleration of globalization, more focuses are put on the research for shipping industry. However, there seldom are comprehensive study on the components and influential factors of tanker companies. Therefore, this paper is written, trying to solve the problems above.The tanker companies have their own characteristics. What is the Competitive Capacity of the tanker companies? What are the factors that determine the Competitive Capacity of a tanker company? This paper takes the study method of criterion analysis as well as example analysis to make a comparatively complete research on the issues above. Firstly, the writer gives the definition of the Competitive Capacity of a tanker company, explaining its nature, main components and builds the frame of the index system. Secondly, the writer does some research on famous tanker companies in the world as well as main tanker companies in China, analyzing the Competitive Capacity of them with some mathematics method.The contents of this paper are listed as following:Chapter One Discussion on the title of the paper, a relatively comprehensive review of the result of previous research and the introduction of the study method of the paper.Chapter Two Analysis on the change of competitive sea-borne oil shipping market, the features of the oil shipping industry and the development of the global tanker fleet in the world as well.Chapter Three Presentation of the index system for assessing the competitive capacity of the tanker companies and the explanation to each factor.Chapter Four Introduction of the famous tanker companies in the world, comparative analysis of their competitive capacity on the perspective of fleet scale, financial performance and service quality.Chapter Five Proposals for Chinese tanker companies to enhance their competitive capacity in the market in accordance with the tendency of oil shipping industry.Li Ling (Specialty: International Trade) Directed by Professor Liang Shengang...
Keywords/Search Tags:oil shipping industry, tanker company, competitive capacity, index system
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