Evaluating the Applicability of Sea Basing to Support the Preparation for, and Response to, Rapid Onset Disasters
通过四个国际快速自然灾害响应案例，分析使用浮动仓库（海上基地）提供物流支持的优势与挑战，并与空运成本比较，证明海上基地能显著降低成本和增加灵活性。
Using four case studies of the response of the international community to major rapid onset natural disasters, this paper analyzes the advantages and challenges inherent in the provision of logistics support through the use of a floating warehouse; otherwise known as “sea basing.” Through a comparison of the costs and benefits of the use of alternative sea-basing models with the actual cost of air transport incurred, this paper demonstrates that the use of sea basing would offer responding agencies significant cost and flexibility benefits, and that the concept has the potential to be extended significantly through the use of a bespoke vessel rather than a standard commercial container ship.