Direct shipping across the Taiwan Strait: flag selections and policy issues

Autor:	Cheng-Chi Chung, Shih-Hao Yang
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Finance Water transport Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process Operations research business.industry Geography Planning and Development Sea transport Ocean Engineering Transportation Management Monitoring Policy and Law Position (finance) Business China Flag (geometry)
Zdroj:	Maritime Policy & Management. 40:534-558
ISSN:	1464-5254 0308-8839
DOI:	10.1080/03088839.2013.776715
Popis:	The restriction on direct shipping across the Taiwan Strait under which ships registered in Taiwan were banned from calling at China’s ports might have restricted the expansion of the Taiwanese flagged fleet. The cross-strait direct shipping link was established since the Cross-strait Sea Transport (CST) Agreement was signed in 2008. According to the Agreement, only ships owned and registered on either side of the Taiwan Strait or registered in Hong Kong may, with due approval, engage in direct cross-strait carriage of cargos and passengers. The aim of this study is to find the optimal flag selection for Taiwanese shipping companies under the provisions of the CST Agreement. The Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) method is applied to find the preferred registry location among Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China. Sensitivity Analysis is also applied to test how criteria weights influence three alternative hierarchies. The results show Taiwan is the lowest priority with an unchangeable position in flag select...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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