Transhipment Impediments of Dry Bulk Cargo - The Viewpoint from the Silo Operator &; Grain Importers

• Main Authors: Fang, Chih-Jen, 方志仁
• Other Authors: Lin, Taih-Cherng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8umnq8

碩士 === 國立臺灣海洋大學 === 航運管理學系 === 103 === Shore based grain terminals in Taiwan have been over-supply during the past several years in terms of discharging and storing capacity for imported bulk grains. Not only because of the fierce competition of containerized grain transportation, but also due to the reduction of imported grain cargo quantities, the degree of utilization of grain terminals of Taiwan has thus been greatly reducing. This study takes up the case of using current terminal complex as a transshipping hub, discusses the possible difficulties this complex is going to confront with this transshipping operation and explore the conceivable solutions to those difficulties. By employing the method of semi-structured interview, practitioners including traders, silo operators and shipping companies are interviewed. Opinions as to difficulties and solutions are gathered, analyzed, and concluded. Among those difficulties listed by those interviewed, cargo wastage in the process of transshipment is the most concerned one, followed by the transshipment risk as the second one, the storage cost as the third, and the other 14 items. To cope with those difficulties, this study sums up findings including, though being situated in an ideal location for transshipment of grain cargoes, Taiwan still has to improve the relevant laws and regulations, as well as shore base grain facilities in order for the grain cargoes to be transshipped there. The most feasible way to conduct the transshipment, according to interviewees’ common view, is to transship cargoes into smaller vessels such as handy size bulk carriers after the cargoes are discharged and stored in the on-shored grain terminals. The turnover of those shore based grain terminals can thus be increased, their income, too.