Natural environmental disclosures: strategic responses by Port Moresby Stock Exchange entities

This paper discusses the components of a simplified natural environment disclosure (NED) index that accommodates a developing country setting, and examines the level of NED in annual reports of all Port Moresby Stock Exchange (POMSoX) entities of Papua New Guinea for 2002. The results of the study found a low level of NED consistent with what Brown and Tower (2002) coin a traditional reporting model, although POMSoX entities showed a much higher level of NED than their Pacific Island Country counterparts. A number of conventional accounting predictors were put forward to explain the level of NED. None of the predictors explained aggregated NED, but some of the predictors, most notably stock exchange listing, explained some individual components of NED. The very low level of NED flies in the face of much natural environmental regulation in PNG. Clearly, POMSoX regulations, POMSoX entities and international accounting advisers need to focus on the reporting of natural environmental issues if environmental accounting is to take shape in this part of the developing world. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.     

黄骅港、渤海新区与内陆腹地互动发展的现状和对策

沧州黄骅港、渤海新区与内陆腹地互动发展有得天独厚的优势,由于种种原因使得这块风水宝地仍处于发展的洼地。在国内外对沿海地区新一轮的开发热朝中,必须制定和实施科学对策,方能把握住历史机遇,进入经济发展的快车道,并在沿海与内陆腹地互动发展中创造一番新天地。     

破解液化贸易发展瓶颈 加快建立国际分拨中心——宁波口岸液化贸易发展中的问题及对策

宁波口岸液化品贸易在国内遥遥领先的优势正在逐渐丧失,其发展受到政策、港口、市场瓶颈。要扭转不利局面,必须充分利用宁波口岸建设液化国际分拨中心的有利条件,加快保税物流中心(B型)建设,争取政策优势,加快联网监管,培育液化市场,大力发展国际中转贸易。达到近期将通过韩国中转到国内的液化品吸引到宁波,远期发展成远东乃至亚洲地区主要的化工产品中转基地的目标。     

中国陆港空间布局演化研究

陆港已经成为国际贸易物流系统的重要组成部分,并在我国呈现出快速建设发展的趋势。我国陆港发展虽然只有十多年的时间,但已经在我国内陆地区外向型经济的发展中起到了很大作用,目前各地规划建设已有近百家陆港。在当前陆港建设发展迅猛的背景下,文章拟从我国陆港发展布局的现状出发,基于各类文献及访谈资料的收集整理以及对各地陆港的实地调研,总结分析我国陆港空间布局现状、面临的形式及未来发展趋势,探索我国陆港空间布局的演化规律及深化方向,文章的研究结果有助于陆港经营主体更好地把握陆港未来空间演化规律,避免盲目建设,有效提升管理水平,从而也更好地促进内陆地区经济发展。     

厦门口岸进出境货物木质包装检疫情况分析

对2012-2013年度厦门口岸进出境木质包装检疫情况进行分析。结果显示：木质包装进出境数量逐年上升,进境货物木包装输出国家或地区较多,进境木包装不合格数量逐年增加,出境木包装整体情况良好,不合格数批次少。厦门口岸实践表明“直通放行,集中查验”把关的模式,可提高疫情检出率,减少进口货物滞港时间,节约通关费用,创造良好社会效益。     

钦州保税港区科学发展要把握好的若干重大问题

谋划钦州保税港区科学发展,第一,理清其发展的战略定位、战略思路和战略目标;第二,理清其产业发展的方向、重点和布局;第三,理清其二三期空间布局;第四,理清其与毗邻区域互动关系;第五,理清其体制机制创新和政策体系建设的方向重点;第六,理清其建设发展的总体方案、保障措施、行动计划和重大工程,把规划宏伟蓝图落到实处.     

The dry port concept: connecting container seaports with the hinterland

The dry port concept is based on a seaport directly connected by rail with inland intermodal terminals where containers can be dealt with in the same way as if they were in a seaport. The main purpose of the article is to extend the theory behind the dry port concept and to define three dry port categories; distant, midrange and close. The findings show that the dry port concept can help identify ways of shifting freight volumes from road to more energy efficient traffic modes that are less harmful to the environment, relieve seaport cities from some congestion and facilitate improved logistics solutions for shippers in the port’s hinterland.     

Going West? Spatial polarization of the North Korean port system

This paper analyzes North Korean ports in light of existing models of port system evolution. It reviews the economic and political factors shaping port concentration in developed, developing, and socialist countries. A database on vessel movements allows for the analysis of individual North Korean port traffic by total capacity circulated, cargo type, fleet nationality, immediate origin and destination, and berthing time. While ideological factors and military control hamper port modernization and trade openness, traffic concentration at the Pyongyang–Nampo gateway highlights the spatial polarization in the capital region at the expense of Eastern ports for which inland transport limitations and industrial decline have become major issues. The North Korean case only partly fits general models because traffic concentration occurs due to geopolitical isolation and internal limitations rather than economic and trade growth.     

港口企业应大力发展气垫带式输送机

气垫带式输送机技术发展到今天，已经非常成熟，由于其节能，运行成本低等特点，在各行各业得到了广泛的应用，但在港口行业发展却非常缓慢，试图分析影响其发展的因素，以引起同行的重视，使其尽快地普遍应用于港口企业，为企业、社会创造更大的效益。     

在新疆伊犁霍尔果斯设立中哈边境自由贸易区的构想

新疆是我国惟一与哈萨克斯坦接壤的地区,新疆对哈贸易占中哈双边贸易的80%以上,哈萨克斯坦是新疆第一大边贸伙伴,占全疆边境贸易的85%以上。利用地缘优势发展哈萨克斯坦与中国新疆的地区性合作关系是双方共同的利益。在中哈边界地区建立边境自由贸易区,能够保证两国接壤地区的长治久安、共同发展和繁荣。