The Research on the Port Competitiveness of Promotion Free Port Area--A Case Study of Kaohsiung Port

• Main Authors: Mao-hsiang Huang, 黃茂祥
• Other Authors: LeeLiang Chien
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59960575232818400668

碩士 === 義守大學 === 管理研究所碩士班 === 93 === Kaohsiung port enjoys her natural strategic location and is one of the hub ports in the world. Owing to the severe port competition, the global allocation of traditional industries and the constrains from political situations, the turnover growth rate of Kaohsiung port is not as high as neighboring ports. The government has taken some measurements likes Global Logistics Plan, the Creation of Free Port Areas Plan to make the most use of excellent location and manufacturing advantages and offers modern operational environments for enterprises to setup global management headquarters in Taiwan. The Creation of Free Port Areas Plan is a major administrative breakthrough in Taiwan. This study focuses on the impacts on Kaohsiung port by establishment of free port area and the obstacles within the promotion procedures based on the SWOT analysis of the competitive edge of Kaohsiung port. Two major results from questionnaire survey and experts interview are as follows: 1.The index of port competitive edge：over 80％ of survey and interview favor human resource, digitalized port information, flexible port tariff, port planning and development, expansion of deep-water container terminal, service quality. 90％of survey and interview favor keep pacing with port operational privatization, liberalization, raise the efficiency of single-window administration in free port area. 95％of survey and interview favor speedy custom clearance. 2.To spur the character of outside custom inside territory in free port area：Globalization and liberalization are necessary for free port area to recruit enterprises from the shipping liners ‘ view. But on the contrary, the shipping liners share the same feeling that the custom regulations of free port area are more complicated than that in normal area. The conclusions out of survey and interview reveal that the containers to be enter in and stored within a free port and shall report to customs, inventory of the goods and on-line audit are not so convenient for the enterprises that are conducting transshipment business. The research offers some suggestions as follows 1.Amend the article 12 and article 16 of ” Act for the Establishment and Management of Free Ports” to lower the intervene of custom regulations and introduce risk management. 2.Setup the information platform between Harbor Bureau, Custom Bureau and shipping liners. 3.Privatization and Liberalization of port operation. 4.Expansion of deep-water container terminal and related port facilities. 5.Cargoes direct link between Taiwan and Mainland. 6.Promote logistics, cargo transit, value-added processing, manufacturing, assembly, re-packaging, packaging, repair/replacement, sea-air transport to raise the value of cargo.