Lecturer, Department of Maritime and Logistics Management
Qualifications
- PhD, Australian Maritime College,
Australia
- MSc (High Distinction), World Maritime University, Sweden
- BSc (Hon), Vietnam
Maritime University
Recent Career
- Assistant Port Manager, Vietnam
International Container Terminal,
Vietnam
- Project Manager, Vietnam
International Container Terminal,
Vietnam
- Outbound Executive, P&O Nedlloyd Vietnam
- Operation Executive, Asian Pacific Shipping, Vietnam
Research & Associated Activities
Projects
- Research
fellow, Comparative analysis for choosing a single gateway of
seafreight and airfreight in Scandinavia: A project for Schenker
International, Schenker International, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Consultant,
ASEAN maritime transport development study, ASEAN Secretariat.
- Consultant, Feasibility
Study for the construction and operation of VICT's ICD at Dong
Nai Port, Vietnam
International Container Terminal (VICT), Vietnam.
- Consultant, Sector
Study for Transport Sector in Vietnam, Japan Bank for
International Cooperation (JBIC).
- Consultant, Feasibility
Study for the construction and operation of Xuan Viet's ICD in Haiphong,
Xuan Viet Trade and Services Company, Vietnam.
- Consultant, Container
Operations Manual, Xuan Viet Trade and Services Company, Vietnam.
- Research fellow, Identification
and inclusion of shore based and near shore activities into Maritime Safety
Management System, IAMU (International Association of Maritime University).
- Research fellow,
Identification and formulation of Maritime Security Management System from the
shore side, IAMU (International Association of Maritime University).
- Consultant, Northern
Region Comprehensive Transport Strategy Study, World Bank in Vietnam.
Other associated activities
Freelance writer for Vietnam Shipper
periodical.
Publications
- Thai, V. V. 2006, ‘Quality of
maritime transport service: toward a conceptual model', Maritime Economics
& Logistics, Under review.
- Grewal, D. and Thai, V. V.
2006, ‘The maritime security management system - Perceptions of the
international shipping community', Proceedings
of the 7th Annual General Assembly and Conference on Globalisation
and MET of the International Association of Maritime University (IAMU),
16-18 October, Dalian, China, ISBN: 7-5632-2002-X.
- Thai, V. V. and Grewal, D.
2006, ‘The Maritime Safety Management System (MSMS): A Survey of the
International Shipping Community', Maritime Economics &
Logistics, Volume 8, No. 3, pp. 287-310, ISSN: 1479-2931.
- Thai, V. V. 2006, ‘Logistics
business in Vietnam and the logistics providers and users' perceptions on
related issues' (In English and Vietnamese), Vietnam Shipper, No. 15,
January, pp. 25-37.
- Thai, V. V. and Grewal, D.
2005, ‘Critical success factors of effective security management: a survey of
Vietnamese maritime transport service providers', Proceedings of the 6th Annual General Assembly and
Conference on Maritime Security and MET of the International Association of
Maritime University (IAMU), 24-26 October, Malmoe, Sweden, ISBN:
1-84564-058-6.
- Thai, V. V. and Grewal, D.
2005, ‘Selecting the location of distribution centre in logistics operations: a
conceptual framework and case study', Asia
Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, Vol. 17, No.4, pp. 3-24, ISSN:
1355-5855.
- Thai, V. V. and Grewal, D.
2005, ‘An analysis of the efficiency and competitiveness of Vietnamese port
system', Asia Pacific Journal of
Marketing and Logistics, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 3-31, ISSN: 0954-7517.
- Thai, V. V. and Grewal, D.
2005, ‘The quality management approach to contemporary issues of maritime
safety', Proceedings of the seventh
international research conference on quality, innovation and knowledge
management, 16-18 Februray, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 594-606, ISBN:
0-7326-2277-8.
- Thai, V. V. 2005, ‘The impacts
of trade and maritime security measures' (In English and Vietnamese), Vietnam
Shipper, No. 8, June, pp. 12-21.
- Thai, V. V. 2005, ‘Bill of lading and implications from
international conventions governing bill of lading', (In English and
Vietnamese), Vietnam
Shipper, No. 11, September, pp. 42-53.
- Thai, V. V. 2005, ‘From forwarding to logistics - A critical
paradigm shift', (In English and Vietnamese), Vietnam Shipper, No. 12,
October, pp. 10-18.
- Thai, V. V. 2005, ‘Critical success factors of logistics
outsourcing', (In English and Vietnamese), Vietnam Shipper, No. 13,
November, pp. 14-20.
- Thai, V. V. 2005, ‘An analysis of the efficiency and effectiveness
of Vietnamese port system', (In English and Vietnamese), Vietnam Shipper,
No. 14, December, pp. 06-20.
- Thai, V. V. and Grewal, D. 2004, ‘Selecting the location of
distribution centre in logistics operations: a conceptual framework and case
study', Proceedings of the 4th
EAN/TLAPS/Thai VCML Industrial-Academic Annual Conference on Supply Chain and
Logistics Management, 19-20 August, Bangkok.
- Thai, V. V. and Grewal, D. 2004, ‘An analysis of the efficiency and
competitiveness of Vietnamese port system', Vietnam's Socio-Economic
development: A Social Science Review, No. 40, pp. 35-55, ISSN: 0868-359X.
Current Teaching
- Business Research (Undergraduate and Postgraduate)
- Exporting and Importing (Undergraduate)
- Maritime Management Project (Undergraduate)
- Quality Systems & Customer Service (Undergraduate)
Contacts
Australian Maritime College
P.O.Box 986, Launceston
Tasmania, Australia 7250
Telephone: +61 (0)3 63354764
Fax: +61 (0)3 63354720
Email: V.Thai@amc.edu.au