A Study on the Operational Impact to the Taichung Port When the Mailiao Port Becoming a Commercial Port

• Main Authors: Da-Wei Hsieh, 謝大偉
• Other Authors: Cheng-Chwan Hwang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55907532791980190722

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 交通運輸研究所 === 91 === Recently some private sectors have developed industrial ports vigorously in order to meet the demand of industry development, and try to expand industrial port into commercial port if possible. Since the beginning of operation in the Mailiao Port, the imported and exported demand of industrial bulk cargo was reduced in the Taichung Port. If the Mailiao Port were become a commercial port in the future, the Taichung Port would face strong competition and threat because there are deep-water wharves, lower fare and higher efficiency of operation in the Mailiao Port. The object of this study is to explore the possible impact on operation in the Taichung Port under the scenario that the Mailiao Port becomes a commercial port in the future. The study begins with analysis of the current operational condition in the Mailiao Port and the Taichung Port, it is found out that since the beginning of operation in the Mailiao Port, the amount of petrochemical, petroleum, and coal was reducted year by year in the Taichung Port. The stated preference method is then used to design and conduct two-stage survey, in order to analyze the characters of petrochemical, petroleum, and coal shippers’ port choice behavior, and to develop port choice models separately. The market share of the Taichung Port for different level of port attributes are forecasted based on the models. Furthermore, a set of operational strategy to rise the market share of the Taichung Port is proposed and evaluated. The choice behavior of petrochemical, petroleum, and coal shipper is the scope of this study, and the alternatives available are the Taichung Port, the Mailiao Port, and the Kaohsiung Port. The study indicates that the fare of loading-unloading and warehouse, inland transportation fare, inland transportation time, loading-unloading efficiency, and loading-unloading operational damage are important factors affecting port choice behavior, and the shippers’ own social-economic characters are not significant. Besides, the strategy as decreasing the fare of loading-unloading and warehouse, introducing modern loading-unloading equipment, and encouraging shippers to invest in this port for terminals or manufactories etc. can rise the market share of the Taichung Port effectively.