A Study of Transport Economy and Market Research for High Speed Marine Passenger Vehicles

Abstract

The transport economy for high speed marine vehicles is discussed in succession to the previous paper. In the previous paper, the transport economy of high speed marine vehicles was discussed from synthetic aspects for both economy and vehicle performance. In this paper, their transport economy is treated from a view point of market research. Firstly, a systematic procedure for the market research of the high speed marine vehicles is introduced by considering their share when they are operated competitively among other various transport systems. After that, their direct operating cost is analyzed in connection with the key factors of vehicle design, i.e., vehicle efficiency etc. Finally, a market research for high speed marine vehicles is presented for applying them to the Seto inland sea area.