Abstract
We have analyzed a mechanism for trip patterns generation by coastal cargo ships on the basis of OD survey, and it was made clear that ships are operated centering on the first trip from origin and their trip patterns are specified by chosing one among alternative OD pairs for return cargo transportation.
The purpose of this study is to develop a method of estimating trip patterns by coastal cargo ships considering the generation mechanism described above. In this method, Poisson Regression Analysis is employed instead of Multi Regression Analysis, considering the scarcity of marine traffic.
