Abstract
It is important for Japan, which is one of the largest car production/export country, to grasp the trend of the transportation of finished vehicles in the world. However, there are few information concerning the pure car carrier which transports finished vehicles. Based on this background, this paper analyzed the trend of transportation of finished vehicles and the size of pure car carrier. By this analysis, this paper aimed to contribute the policy decision for marine transportation of finished vehicles.
About the trend of transportation of finished vehicles, the relation between vehicle capacity of pure car carrier and car production / volume of sales and the state of transshipped vehicles were analyzed. And, the analysis concerning the size of pure car carrier was done focused on operator and service area.
