Quality management in coastal container liner shipping from the point of view of cost management | Upravljanje kvalitetom u obalnom linijskom kontejnerskom brodarstvu s aspekta upravljanja troškovima

S ciljem poboljšanja upravljanja kvalitetom i sigurnošću u pomorskom prometu međunarodne pomorske organizacije propisale su i uvele mnoga pravila i standarde. U posljednje vrijeme ta pravila i standardi dodatno su se postrožili sa svrhom uklanjanja podstandardnih brodova i brodara iz pomorstva. Primjena tih novih pravila i standarda upravljanja sigurnošću i kvalitetom na brodovima iziskuje od brodara povećane troškove. Troškovi upravljanja kvalitetom imaju sve značajniji udio u troškovima poslovanja brodara. Iz tog razloga uobičajenoj podjeli troškova broda na fiksne i komercijalne troškove te troškove goriva i maziva potrebno je dodati i troškove upravljanja kvalitetom. Zahvaljujući takvoj podjeli troškova, brodaru je omogućeno preciznije upravljanje troškovima poslovanja te planiranje poslovnih odluka.

In order to improve quality and safety management in maritime transport the International Maritime Organization has brought in a large number of regulations and standards. Those rules and standards have lately become stricter in order to remove sub-standard vessels and shipping operators from the market. Application of the new regulations and standards regarding quality and safety management on board a vessel has incurred additional costs on shipping operators. Quality management costs are an increasingly important part of a shipping operator’s business costs. For that reason the common division of vessel costs into fixed costs, commercial costs and fuelling costs should be added quality management costs. Thanks to such a division of costs shipping operators can have more efficient business cost management and more accurate business plans.