Port policy simulations in Japan by a global logistics intermodal network simulation model

Focusing on an enhancement of domestic maritime feeder shipping and an introduction of international container shuttle services

Abstract

This paper extends the existing global logistics intermodal network simulation model developed by the authors so that the model can consider the cabotage restriction and the difference in value of time by commodities, for examining domestic maritime feeder and international container shuttle services in Japan. After validating the model fitness by inputting various data as of 2016, various policy scenarios in Hakata port on promiting domestic maritime feeder shipping including an introduction of new service and reduction of transshipment cost and introducing an international container shuttle service, as well as combined scenarios of both domestic and international shippings are examined, from the viewpoints of changes in container volume transported by domestic and international maritime shipping and their sensitivities by changing cargo value of time.