The Development Direction Of Shipping Industry In The Post Economic Crisis Period

Since the economic crisis in 2008, the current economy is on its way to a post economic crisis, during which"the United States is moving away from virtualization, international finance is moving away from being leverage, and world economy is moving away from globalization". Our main trade partners such as EU members and Northern American countries have realized the illusive prosperity of financial activities would undermine their economic structures, thus come back to seek for the real economy. Under the current situation of global economy, the reoccurrence of trade barrier and regional protection is around the corner; influences will be conducted on our national trade pattern, and shipping enterprises by no means can be immune. Confronted with the outside changes, the shipping enterprises should reorient their development strategies. This thesis takes C shipping company as an example and discusses how the enterprises should develop in the brand-new economic environment.Firstly, this thesis has evaluated the global economic situation and predicted the changes in future trade pattern; combined with the overall situation of shipping industry, a forecast of the industry's future has been made. Then, according to our national development policies for logistics and the characteristics of the C shipping company, a suggestion of developing sea-rail combined transport has been made. In addition, the selection of transport nodes for sea-rail combined transport has been discussed with seaports in North China as examples, and relating evaluations and results have been processed. At the end of the thesis, an example has been quoted to illustrate the advantages that a company can receive by applying sea-rail combined transport; directed towards the current situation of sea-rail combined transport in China and the status quo of shipping companies, various specific operation and development modes have been suggested.By applying the SWOT analytical method, the necessity of sea-rail combined transport has been highlighted. We achieved the results by comparing road transportation and rail transportation, container service and bulk freight, as well as by analyzing the competitive situation between different shipping companies. A mathematical model has been established based on grey theory, which contains 13 indexes to assess the competitiveness of different transport nodes in sea-rail combined transport. This model serves as the theoretical support for selecting transit depot in sea-rail combined transport. And port of Tianjin, Port of Jingtang and Port of Huanghua have been analyzed as examples.