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Assignment Topics:
1. Singapores geographical location and having head start in
infrastructure development playeda key role in its development and
growth .Discuss how such factors influenced the port
competition is South East Asia and its growing transhipment
cargoes traffic giving advantage
to certain ports like Singapore .Also keep in mind that although
geographical location is a
prime factor for a hub status it is also worth noting that many
ports without such good natural
conditions have obtained very large market shares by promoting
competitive factors .In
Europe for example Felixstowe and La Spezia are now the largest
container ports in UK and
Italy.
2. Generated in its sixth year, UNCTADs Liner Shipping
Connectivity Index (LSCI) aimsatcapturing how well countries are
connected to global shipping networks. In 2009, China
continues to have the highest LSCI, followed by Hong Kong
(China), Singapore, the
Netherlands and the Republic of Korea .As regards global
developments of the individual
LSCI components, the 2009 data also reflects the impacts of the
economic crisis. Between
July 2008 and July 2009, the number of ships, their total
twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU)
carrying capacity, the number of services and the number of
companies have alldecreased.
Only the maximum vessel size has continued to increase as new
and larger vessels are being
delivered by the worlds shipyards. Many of these larger ships
then replace smaller vessels,
leading to a significant reduction in the average number of
vessels per country .Discuss the
impact this will have on trade and especially in terms container
traffic from hub ports to other
ports via feeder vessels.
3. Indian Ports are currently operating at over 90 per cent of
its capacity .To keep pace with theincreasing cargo traffic,
capacity expansion is required .Lack of well-developed
infrastructure
inadequate regulatory regime and several other factors have
created barriers for a healthy
commercial activity .Discuss this statement and explain how we
can remove such bottlenecks
in order to promote trade in this area.
4.
Shipping is the life line of world economy discuss this
statement and also explain the howstake holders such as Ports &
infrastructure, government policies have a role to play in it.
5. Customers today expect green logistics by the service
providers such as 3PL. In developedeconomies such as Europe there
has been a modal shift from road transport to short sea
shipping discuss the reasons for this especially in context with
environmental management
and fuel efficiency.
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6. With the geographical shift of the world trade from being
Euro centric in the past tomore Asian centric now there is exists a
great opportunity for India to emerge as a
regional hub of shipping activities .Its 7000 kms coastline
which offers a great potential
for it in becoming a regional hub of shipping activities .Review
the existing shipping
policies and discuss ways and means how governmental agencies
and shipping
companies can work together in achieving this.
7. Establishing trade logistics as a separate area for
management within a business firm createsan additional set of
interface activities and additional set of interface activities
cause concern
in most companies .In order to focus on its core competency many
companies now tend to
outsource its logistics activity .Discuss this statement from a
risk management perspective
and strategies to be adopted in order to ensure proper controls
in place.
8. According to According toDan Purtell, Senior Vice President,
Supply Chain Solutions cargotheft. BSIs worldwide annual cargo
theft loss forecast for 2010 is $20.5 billion. This amount
is up fractionally from BSIs 2009 loss estimate of $19.4
billion. BSIs 2010 loss forecast in
the US alone is $3.7 billion .And according to another survey
report the theft of material
goods continues to be the top security concern. But the changing
business environment means
that companies must focus more attention on other causes of
supply chain disruption from the
theft of intellectual capital and natural disasters, to the
closure of ports and product tampering.
How do we address this discuss and formulate strategies to meet
the current challenges facing
the industry.
9. According to a paper published by IIM Calcutta in 2005 one of
the key challenge faced byIndian 3PL providers is that most of the
most of the shipments from India are on the FOB
(Free on board) basis where the freight is paid by the client at
the destination. The client, in
this case specifies the forwarder for shipping of cargo, and the
multi-national 3PL providers
through their contact with the clients are able to corner most
of the business from India .How
would be address this problem and thus making Indian 3PL
providers competitive to their
multi-national counter parts.
10.Oil is the major energy source powering the global economy
and supplying 95 per cent of thetotal energy fuelling world
transport. Like other modes, maritime transport relies heavily
on
oil for propulsion and, in view of limitations imposed by
existing technology and costs is not
yet in a position to adopt effective energy substitutes (e.g.
biofuels, solar and wind). At the
same time, fossil fuel reserves are finite, oil extraction is
becoming increasingly costly and oil
production overall is believed to either already have peaked or
to reach its maximum level
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soon The dependency of the maritime transport sector on a source
of energy that is becoming
increasingly scarce and more costly to produce, compounded by
limited prospects, at least in
the short term, for using alternative energy may entail some
serious implications for the cost
of maritime transport services With over 80 per cent of the
volume of global merchandise
trade being carried by sea the question of how changes in oil
prices affect ocean shipping
rates is of considerable relevance and as an International
Transport Logistics strategist how
will you gear your organization for such challenges.
