专家讲座：海运公司绩效研究和油轮市场分析
主讲人简介：
Dr. Meifeng Luo obtained his Bachelor degree from Tong Ji University, MSc. in World Maritime University, MSc. in Computer Science and PhD. in Economics from University of Rhode Island, USA. He is now an Associate Professor of Maritime Studies in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research interests include shipping and port economics, environment, policy and management. In the recent 10 years, he has published around 50 papers at SCI/SSCI journals including Transportation Research Part B, A, E; Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Accident Analysis and Prevention, Maritime Policy and Management, Safety Science, Transportmetrica Part A, Marine Policy, Transport Policy, Ecological Economics, International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics. He is also an Associate Editor for Maritime Policy and Management: The flagship journal for international shipping and port research, as well as the Director of PolyU Maritime Library and R&D Center.
讲座摘要：
Traditional performance evaluation seldom considers the side-effects of a production process—the negative impact of pollution. Even when taking this into consideration, a high ranking is not necessarily equivalent to greater environmental efficiency, as the latter only measures the output per environmental resource used. This may create anomalies in a company’s environmental performance evaluation, as well as in its setting of environmental management standards. This study illustrates the problem by evaluating the economic and cargo efficiencies of shipping companies both with and without considering the negative impact of emissions, and compares this with their environmental efficiencies. The efficiency measures with and without adjusting for the negative environmental impacts are found to be similar, which are different to the environmental efficiency. The container shipping sector has greater economic efficiency, while bulk shipping has greater cargo efficiency. The similarities and inconsistencies among these three measures are highlighted, with possible explanations as to the performance of individual companies. Implications are provided for public policy makers to assist in reducing emissions from shipping, as well as marketing strategies for shipping companies and strategies for shipping investors.