DIDGAH
Year:2014 | Volume:- | Issue:-|Papers Count:6

The aim of this study is to provide a strategy for human resource management in the Special Economic Zone (S.E.Z) of Imam Khomeini Port (BIK) using the EFQM approach and five empowerment measures. Statistical population of this study includes all staff in S.E.Z of BIK in the period from 2011 to 2012. The sampling method of this study is stratified random sampling. This study is a descriptive and survey research that its findings can be used practically. Findings of this study confirm that in S.E.Z of BIK, there is a significant relationship between five empowerment measures (leadership, policies and strategies, employees, business partners, and processes) and one sample t-test with the fixed value of 3.5. Finally, some strategies are provided to develop BIK include bilateral development, synergistic cooperation, creative and innovative thinking, justice in appreciation system, and policy formulation and strategy development based on the expectations and requirements of the personnel, institutes, organizations, and other stakeholders.

This paper tries to identify, measure, and analyze the variables that affect rail and road transportation in the hinterland transport network of Imam Khomeini Port using econometrics models and methods. Also, this paper tries to evaluate the effective variables that lead to an increase in the rail and road transport demand in Imam Khomeini Port. In this paper, the share of each variable in the econometrics model is also measured and demand elasticity of each of them is estimated. Data of this study are analyzed using 2SLS method and monthly time series data (from 1385 to 1390). The results of this study show that variables like oil and non-oil tonnage, the number of trucks, rail fleet tonnage, exchange rate, and population have a positive effect on road transportation, while variables like the number of wagons and inflation rate have a negative effect. In the case of rail transportation, results show that variables like oil and non-oil tonnage, the number of wagons, rail fleet tonnage, exchange rate, and population have a positive effect, while variables like the number of trucks and inflation rate have a negative effect.

The new regulation on long-range identification and tracking of ships (LRIT) which is included in SOLAS Chapter V on Safety of Navigation is one of the IMO measures to improve maritime safety and SOLAS contracting governments are required to setup this system. The SOLAS regulation on LRIT enables the states to share LRIT information for security and search and rescue purposes and to exchange information on identity, location, and date and time position of the ships using modern information and communication technologies. This study tries to investigate the performance of LRIT system in respect to information exchange and data sharing. In this paper, the rights, duties, and obligations of the states in setting up and operating of LRIT system is also discussed.

One of the challenges faced by the shipping industry is stowaway. Stowaway is a person who is secreted on a ship (often during the loading and unloading operation which may take several days) without the consent of the ship-owner or the master or any other responsible person to immigrate to another country. The presence of stowaways on board the ships may bring serious economic or legal consequences for ships and, by extension, to the shipping industry as a whole. This paper explains the marine stowaway and its legal aspects include the liability of concerned people against stowaways. Finally, while providing on overall analysis of the imbalance of the responsibilities of concerned people in relation to stowaway, this paper explains that illegal entry of stowaways into the ships do not ignore their basic rights.

This research paper considers the importance of the "culture" in the issues relating to "environment" and "environmental protection" via a legal approach which confirms the necessity of supportive-bioavailability legislation. This paper explains that moral achievements resulted from ideal observer point of views and cultural issues on the one hand and supportive bioavailability legislation on the other hand will reveal the importance of culture and cultural infrastructures in the environmental protection. This paper tries to assess the culture and environmental protection and believes that supportive-bioavailability legislation will help to create a healthy relationship between the environment and economic and industrial actors of shipping, port, sea, offshore, and mining (oil and gas) industries.