A Study on Success Factors of Development Strategies for Intermodal Freight Transport Systems

Abstract: Efficient sea transportation is heavily dependent on the smooth operation of modal interchange, meaning that intermodal transfer is a key element in successful shipping operations with massive transshipment in major seaports. Competition for intermodal links in container ports is sometimes a short-term objective towards the longer-term vision of establishing a container port logistics systems and a global logistics management center. This paper discusses the development strategies of container ports towards the intermodal freight transport systems, and real-world decision problems were examined. Having obtained a good understanding of the data acquired, shippers’ perceptions of container transportation and port service were analyzed. The cross-tabulations together with the statistical techniques of factor analysis and a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) analysis were applied in order to analyze data comparisons and the relationship between the service purchase behavior and the degree of satisfaction for development strategies.

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