Abstract
It is ideal to choose the most suitable port for a shipper where one can realize quick, economical and secure logistics based on the premise of one's production, shipping and receiving schedules. On the other hand, we often see a common reason to choose a port such as “because it's directed by the trading company”. In these cases, it strongly tends to choose a Strategic International Container Port far away. We thought that figuring out the characteristics of choice behavior like the above-said would contribute to correct understanding of the requests to ports from shippers. Accordingly, in this study, we decided to search choice factors of ports by shippers by taking up the Chubu Region where there are many port choices compared to other regions as well as actual selection/usage of the Hanshin Port and the Keihin Port are recognized. In conclusion, it became clear that choice of pursing efficiency and the choice of being able to shift to other nearby ports hereafter coexisted in choosing the Hanshin Port and the Keihin Port, and furthermore it became clear that there was a necessity backed by history in choosing the Hanshin Port and the Keihin Port.
