Key Influence Factors of Containership Registration in Taiwan-Application of Consistent Fuzzy Preference Relation
To strengthen competitiveness, many ship owners have shifted their vessels registrations to open registers as Flag of Convenience (FOO) vessels. The tendency of flagging out in Taiwan is more serious. This paper adopts the consistent fuzzy preference relation (CKPR) to evaluate the relative attractiveness of different types of registers to containership corporations in Taiwan. The preference of registry locations are also compared and analyzed. The study finds the FOC countries of Panama and Liberia are the most preferred locations of vessel registrations for containership corporations in Taiwan, followed by the Quasi-FOC states or regions of Singapore and Hong Kong. Other traditional maritime countries and Taiwan arc the final options. Based on the findings of this study, some suggestions arc proposed to the government as a reference in revising relevant shipping policies.
containership registrations flag of convenience consistent fuzzy preference relation, CFPR
C.W.Lin C. C. Chung S. T. Lu
Department of Logistics and Shipping Management Kainan University Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei Department of Shipping and Transportation Management Ocean University Keelung, Chinese Taipei Department of Business Administration Central University Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei
国际会议
大连
英文
289-293
2011-07-10（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）