2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Evaluation of Port Improvement Based on Estimation of Container Transport Network Change Considering Global Alliances
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14350274
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
交通工学・国土計画
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
INAMURA Hajime Tohoku University, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Professor, 大学院・情報科学研究科, 教授 (50168415)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MORISUGI Hisayoshi Tohoku University, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Professor, 大学院・情報科学研究科, 教授 (80026161)
TOKUNAGA Yoshiyuki Tohoku University, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Associate Professor, 大学院・情報科学研究科, 助教授 (40180137)
ISHIGURO Kazuhiko Kobe University, Faculty of Maritime Sciences, Assistant Professor, 海事科学部, 講師 (60282034)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2004
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| Keywords | Port Improvement / Maritime Transport Market / Trade / Enlargement of Container Vessel / Containerization / Reefer Container / Global Alliance / Multi-Regional Computable General Equilibrium Model |
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| Research Abstract |
Transition and current situation of container transport market is summarized and influences of change of the market on trade structure are estimated through the following three analyses.
1.Competitive situation among Asian major ports is identified by analyzing pattern of calling ports of post-panamax size container ship. As the result of comparison of operation cost between post-panamax size container ship and larger container ship (mega-ship), it is become clear that mega-ship will be reasonable for some global alliance groups.
2.International transport cost of each commodity classified by SITC 5 digit code in trade statistics is identified. Impact of containerization and spread of reefer container on the trans-pacific trade is analyzed and it is estimated that contribution ratio of those technological innovations on trade stimulation of some agricultural products is more than 40 percent.
3.A multi-regional computable general equilibrium model including active behavior of ocean shipping carrier is formulated and applied to estimation of trade amount among four major economic regions, that are Japan, USA, EU and Asia. The model estimates that 10 percent improvement of productivity on ocean carrier causes 0.4 percent trade amount increase.
Above analyses confirmed that technological innovation and structure change of maritime transport have a significant influence on trade. Those result suggest port improvement and more efficient operation at port in order to respond to further change of container transport market.
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Research Products
(36 results)
