行业协会是为了一定目的 ,按照一定原则 ,经过法定程序并核准登记成立 ,具有独立的主体地位和法人地位 ,从事某项活动的社会团体。航运业的行业协会是代表航运业中某一方面的利益 ,就共同关心的问题进行咨询、交流、保护会员利益的团体。根据青岛船东协会成立四年来的工作实践 The trade association is a social organization which, for certain purposes and according to certain principles, passes the legal procedures and is approved to register and establish an independent main body and legal person status to engage in certain activities. Industry associations in the shipping industry represent groups that, in the interests of a certain aspect of the shipping industry, consult, exchange and protect the interests of their members on matters of common concern. According to the Qingdao Shipowners Association was established four years of work practice