2007 Volume 7 Pages 1083-1098
Until now, the authors have been developing a model for international container cargo simulation (MICCS) which can produce the movement of the cargo with the volume of OD container cargo as a given input, focused in East Asian region, in order to simulate and evaluate international freight transport policy. This paper aims to evaluate the effects of the policies on port investment in China, using the model with two cross-sectional data in different years. The outputs of the model, incorporating with initial condition of transport environment in 1998 and OD container volume in 2003, are compared between cases with and without port investments during these five years in China. By this, it will become clear how degree these policies contribute to the change of container cargo flow on maritime and land transport network.
