The innovation of U-Ming marine transport to overcome the crisis

        In 2020, the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak hit the global economy and tested the ability of enterprises to break through the adversity. This issue of "cover story" will show you how U-Ming marine transport, facing the rapidly changing shipping market, uses innovative thinking to advance layout, and uses differentiated strategies to enhance market competitiveness!

                Green concept leads the wave of environmental protection

        The global climate change is becoming more and more serious. In recent years, the international authorities have gradually strengthened the emission control of sulfide, nitride, greenhouse gas and chlorofluorocarbons, and formulated the control standards and improvement schedule for each period, which made the industry hear it all the same. However, the U-Ming marine transport, which has 48 ships of various types and a total load of 6.709 million tons, is at ease, because the concept of green transportation has long been a part of the corporate DNA.

        In fact, many environmental protection measures of U-Ming marine transport are almost implemented earlier than those stipulated in international conventions. For example, according to the Convention, ballast water treatment equipment must be installed and completed in 2022-2024, but U-Ming marine transport has to be installed in 2022-2024 At present, the installation rate of the fleet has reached 75%, which is expected to meet the standard easily in the next two years. It is not only in front of the trend of green environmental protection, but also can reduce costs and expand business performance.

                Upgrade ship safety system to build intelligent fleet

        In addition to taking energy conservation and emission reduction as the primary strategy, U-Ming marine transport also strives to innovate in ship safety management. Since 2015, we have carried out satellite communication upgrading plan for the affiliated ships, used the high transmission satellite communication to master the communication operation safety of each ship, and completed the fleet safety management from 2017 to 2018, FSM) is built to grasp the ship's position and speed in real time, strengthen the necessary management functions related to ship safety, such as collision avoidance, fire and water alarm, and basic information of ship and crew. At the same time, through the key infrastructure of industry 4.0, machine to machine, In the next year, we will complete the function optimization project of weather layer, dangerous area and anchor, ship speed monitoring and other functions. From 2019, U-Ming marine transport will continue to promote the second stage of operation, so that ship efficiency management, ship shore workflow and information services, and it system supervision automation will continue to move towards the goal of "cost reduction", "energy saving" and "efficiency improvement". Currently, it will enter the project acceptance test stage.

        In addition, in order to actively improve the horizontal contact between shipping, public works and business departments, U-Ming marine transport has also carried out the overall transformation of its office space and established the ship operation coordination center (operation) Center), through the ship safety management system (FSM), the proper condition of each ship's equipment and the difference of fuel consumption can be mastered simultaneously. Then, the ship performance data can be used to do preventive maintenance in advance to reduce the equipment failure rate. At the same time, it can also be used as a reference for the opportunity of cleaning the hull, so as to save the dock repair budget. In addition, the integration of air and walrus information, together with real-time ship position updating, can also optimize the best route of long route and improve the navigation efficiency of ships. This series of innovative digital changes have greatly reduced the maintenance and fuel costs of U-Ming marine transport fleet on the basis of navigation safety.

        In the future, through the collection, analysis and processing of big data, and the use of mature market tools, ship shore operators and decision makers will also be able to use the situation provided by the digital platform All kinds of monitoring indicators can further grasp the ship safety, energy consumption management, all kinds of alarm information, each round of work and the health status of IT system equipment, etc., accelerate the operation decision analysis, effectively improve the operation efficiency, optimize the ship maintenance, material and accessories management, and achieve the goal of digital transformation.

        Besides maintaining the safety of navigation, the health of the crew is also the focus of U-Ming marine transport's attention. Especially in case of emergency, if there is professional and immediate medical consultation, the crew can get proper care. In view of this, the U-Ming marine transport fleet has cooperated with Far Eastern Memorial Hospital since June 2012 to provide remote medical consultation for the crew. With the 24-hour service of the professional medical team, the crew's health can be taken care of. In recent years, with the upgrading of satellite equipment on board, it can also provide medical services through instant video, which makes medical care more timely and accurate One of the benefits of marine transport crew.

                High quality talents assist to realize efficient operation

        Hardware equipment sets up a barrier for U-Ming marine transport, and excellent human resources promote the improvement of operation quality. For onshore managers, U-Ming marine transport strives to flatten the organizational structure to enhance the efficiency of reporting and department communication. It also formulates a succession plan for the management, requiring the management to take appropriate leave every year, so that the agent has the opportunity to experience management duties as a preparation for future succession. In addition, U-Ming marine transport also regularly conducts professional training of key talents and department rotation, including: engineers dispatched to shipyards to supervise workers, business colleagues sent to foreign companies for training, shipping colleagues to participate in sea and land ship dispatching and internships on board We hope to cultivate multi-faceted talents to facilitate flexible deployment in the future.

        In addition, U-Ming marine transport also provides diversified training channels. Colleagues can participate in various training courses offered by the new learning & Development Center of Far Eastern Group. Departments can also participate in external professional courses according to their functions and business needs. As U-Ming marine transport is an international shipping company, it pays special attention to language ability. It holds English training every year, provides English training subsidies and foreign long-distance professional courses. President also encourages colleagues to participate in Toastmasters Club to improve their English Impromptu Speech and on-the-spot response ability. In order to make learning more convenient and real-time, U-Ming marine transport has also imported the micro learning platform of Tianxia innovation college and the full reading account of Tianxia magazine to encourage colleagues to make good use of their spare time to learn knowledge in different fields.

        U-Ming marine transport is the most important resource for shipping Regularly inspect and adjust the allocation of crew members of different nationalities, so as to make the composition of crew more diversified. On board the ship, various training courses including business technology, safe operation, conventions and regulations, and company specifications are regularly planned. Through the industry university alliance, the professional skills of different ranks of crew members are improved, such as U-Ming marine transport and Yu Chang technical commercial vocal high The school jointly provides cooking training courses for catering staff (chefs and waiters) of merchant ships, and holds training courses of ship handling simulator with Ocean University, so as to achieve twice the result with half the effort by combining practice and theory.

        In addition to the selection and education of talents, the promotion process of all ranks of crew members is standardized. All promotions must pass the professional training and evaluation of the ship's supervisor, and be evaluated with the resident captain and chief engineer, so as to achieve fairness and transparency.

                Diversified business layout and stable market opportunities

        Under the impact of covid-19, the global shipping trade volume is facing the biggest recession in 35 years, and uncertain factors are flooding the market. Clarksons, the authority of global ship brokerage market, even predicted that the shipping industry would be in the worst situation of prolonged slow down.

        In the bulk shipping market, after the epidemic situation in China was controlled in the second quarter, although the freight market was supported, the epidemic began to spread in Europe, America, Latin America and the Middle East, adding more variables to the supply and demand of raw materials, and the freight market rebounded not as well as last year.

        The market cycle of bulk shipping has always been obvious. At present, it has come to the bottom of the boom cycle again. Fortunately, in the long run, the profit opportunity of the bulk shipping market accounts for more than half of the ship's life cycle. The only way to survive is to keep abreast of the changes in market information at any time, make a correct response immediately and implement it.

        U-Ming marine transport has expanded its fleet in a disciplined way, eliminating old ships and replacing new ones with environmental protection and energy saving. At present, the average age of the whole fleet is 5.7 years. Meanwhile, it continues to expand its business scale through strategic alliance. In 2018, U-Ming marine transport and Xiamen International Trade Group Corp, Ltd group has set up joint ventures in Hong Kong and Xiamen respectively, and signed a strategic cooperation agreement on "maritime transportation of bulk commodities along the Silk Road" in 2019 to expand the scope of cooperation between the two sides. In addition to continuing the strategy of light asset management, the joint venture has increased the investment in ship assets when the ship assets are relatively low, so as to grasp the opportunity for future operation. In 2019, U-Ming marine transport signed MOU with Taipower, Guangming shipping and Kline (Kawasaki steamship) to jointly establish a shipping company to ensure coal supply in Taiwan and expand LNG shipping business in due time.

        In addition, U-Ming marine transport also uses the core kinetic energy to expand the comprehensive efficiency of the group. On the one hand, it is necessary to replace the old cement carriers for Asia Cement Corporation to save transportation costs; on the other hand, it has also contributed to the development of the localization policy of Taiwan offshore wind farm for Asia Cement Corporation, establishing a localization expert team for local maritime engineering ships and creating a reasonable development platform. U-Ming marine transport is also involved in the design of new ships, strict selection of the best ships, preparation for cross-border transportation of petrochemical raw materials, and flexible use of shipping expertise and experience. U-Ming marine transport is also involved in the design of new ships by shipyards, and has actively used the expertise and experience of shipping Ready for future market reversal!