| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣海洋大學 === 航運管理學系 === 104 === In the event of the September 11 attacks, the international supply chain emphasized that safety to the whole industry instead of simplified customs declaration. for anti-terrorism, the United States government pushed forward “Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism（C-TPAT）” ,either the World Customs Organization (WCO) set up a Framework of standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade （SAFE Framework） to strike against terrorism. Taiwan government initiated Authorized Economic Operator （AEO） certification institution for strengthening and improving the security of supply chain. Ocean carrier is the major partner of world trade supply chain to which take the security step of the supply chain is the topic of this thesis.
The research of the thesis focuses on investigating the willingness of ocean carriers that implement an AEO certification for their business and also conducts a cost-benefit analysis. Results from the empirical study demonstrate as follows:
1. The factors of the influence that carriers introduce an AEO certification are as: Requirement of businesses, Acquisition of privileged benefits, Conformity of governmental regulations, Acquirement of actual benefits, and Enhancement of company’s reputation.
2. With regard to introduce an AEO certification of the ocean carriers, we have found that attributes with higher cost/benefit are as the following: monitoring cargo ware-housing and transporting safety, using ISO standard seals, controlling the safety measures of transportation vehicles, maintaining correct and complete cargoes’ data, establishing mechanism of accident reporting and crisis management.
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