Impact analysis of the global financial crisis on global container fleet

Author

Min, Dequan ; Wang, Fengqing ; Zhan, Shibing

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ships Sailing Driving Prof., Dalian Maritime Univ., Dalian, China

fYear

2009

fDate

8-10 June 2009

Firstpage

161

Lastpage

166

Abstract

The article presented the development condition of global tanker, bulk carrier and container fleet, and the effects of financial crisis on fleet development from both positive and negative view. The assessment criterion system of container fleet is established to discusses the rationality of global container fleet by the method of DEA. On the basis of the analysis, it provided the guidance for the fleet development strategy to overcome the financial crisis.

Keywords

data envelopment analysis; financial management; freight containers; service industries; ships; transportation; DEA; assessment criterion system; bulk carrier; global container fleet; global financial crisis; global tanker; impact analysis; shipping service; Aging; Containers; Data envelopment analysis; Discrete wavelet transforms; Helium; International trade; Marine vehicles; Oceans; Road transportation; Shipbuilding industry; Container fleet; DEA; Financial crisis; Shipping service;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Service Systems and Service Management, 2009. ICSSSM '09. 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Xiamen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3661-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3662-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSSSM.2009.5174875

Filename

5174875