Host: Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
Pages 406
The competition of container ports rests with routes, voyage frequency, port service, location and so on. All of these factors will influence shippers' behavior on choice of port, and also influence the freight distribution and the competition result among the container ports in this area. In this paper we study the characteristics of shipper's choice of container ports based on disaggregate theory by choosing four main container ports in the northeast of China. Firstly, it analyzes factors influencing container port choice of shippers. Overall transport time and overall transport cost are chosen for characteristics variables according to results of questionnaire. Secondly, it establishes disaggregate model and calculate the aggregate probability and elasticity. In the end we test and analyze the results. The result accords with the characteristics of shippers' choice of port. This model has good applicability in choice of container port and reference to container port planning.
