published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning

published_or_final_version / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / abstract / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

published_or_final_version / Urban Planning / Master / Master of Science in Urban Planning

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

Summary in Chinese. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong. / Bibliography: leaves 114-116.

Wong Wai Hung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-103). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / LIST OF TABLES --- p.iii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.v / ABSTRACT --- p.vii / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Goals and Significance --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Thesis Organization --- p.2 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Review on Air Cargo Industry --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Position of Air Cargo Logistics --- p.3 / Chapter 2.2 --- General Air Cargo Practice --- p.3 / Chapter 2.3 --- Hong Kong Air Cargo Practice - An Example --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Air Cargo Cost Analysis --- p.12 / Chapter 3.1 --- Shipping Costs --- p.12 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- International Shipping Costs --- p.12 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Local Shipping Costs --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2 --- Shipment Categorization --- p.15 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Illustrative Examples - Hong Kong --- p.18 / Chapter 3.3 --- Analysis of shipping cost --- p.27 / Chapter 3.4. --- Freight Forwarders' means for freight forwarders' success --- p.29 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Consolidation --- p.31 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Integration --- p.42 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Cooperation among freight forwarders to combine the cargos --- p.44 / Chapter 3.5 --- Summary --- p.44 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- A Mixed 0-1 LP Model of Air Cargo Logistics integration & consolidation --- p.47 / Chapter 4.1 --- Statement of the Problem --- p.47 / Chapter 4.2 --- Literature Review --- p.49 / Chapter 4.3 --- Objective Function --- p.51 / Chapter 4.4 --- Logical Constraints --- p.52 / Chapter 4.5 --- Resources Constraints --- p.54 / Chapter 4.6 --- The Model --- p.55 / Chapter 4.7 --- Properties of the Model --- p.56 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Solution Process --- p.58 / Chapter 5.1 --- Tabu Search --- p.59 / Chapter 5.2 --- Tabu Search Algorithm --- p.62 / Chapter 5.3 --- Illustrative Example --- p.64 / Chapter 5.4 --- Implementation and Results --- p.70 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Extensions --- p.73 / Chapter 6.1 --- Different approaches as the initial solution --- p.73 / Chapter 6.2 --- Risk or Reliability Limit --- p.75 / Chapter 6.3 --- Consolidation with inventory penalty --- p.78 / Chapter 6.4 --- Two Phase Method --- p.79 / Chapter Chapter 7. --- Sensitivity Analysis --- p.81 / Chapter 7.1 --- Delivery time --- p.81 / Chapter 7.2 --- Charging price and cost --- p.85 / Chapter 7.3 --- Resources allocations --- p.92 / Chapter 7.4 --- A series of good solutions --- p.95 / Chapter Chapter 8. --- Conclusion --- p.98 / Chapter 8.1 --- Future Work --- p.98 / Chapter 8.2 --- Future Research --- p.100 / LIST OF REFERENCES --- p.102 / Appendix --- p.104 / Simulation results --- p.104 / Pseudo code --- p.107 / Program Coding --- p.110

Currently, most of the research related to aviation sector of Hong Kong would focus on infrastructure perspective such as the building of 3rd runway in HKIA and the cooperation issues among airports in Pearl River Delta (PRD) Region in order to analyze the impact towards competitiveness of Hong Kong as a major international air cargo hub. However, there are not much research on air cargo industry has been done from security perspective but the recent trend of tightening international security requirement has already brought significant impact on the competitiveness of Hong Kong air logistics sector. In fact, the United States enacted the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) after the 9/11 incident in 2001 already signaled a new era in air cargo transportation. Significant security measures have been implemented to all facilities shipping cargo to the United States and air cargo sector in Hong Kong would be included. Since most of the international air cargo that enters the United States transits through large hub facilities in Asia such as Hong Kong, there is a strong air cargo network linkage between Hong Kong and the United States. This study aims to understand the major development of international air cargo security requirement and the consequences for Hong Kong air cargo industry. This study also examines challenges of the requirement on Hong Kong air cargo industry from operational and economic perspective. An in-depth interview would be conducted to obtain industrial insights on developing recommendations on fulfilling the requirement in a cost-effective manner. This study would act as a stepping stone for further analysis on providing recommendations to facilitate the security requirement development in Hong Kong air cargo industry. / published_or_final_version / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning