An Analysis of Safety and Security Risks in Container Shipping Operations: A Case Study of Taiwan

Safety and security has been an increasing concern in container shipping over the past few decades. In this paper, three major risk categories, namely, risks associated with information flow, risks associated with physical flow, and risks associated with payment flow are categorized and analyzed. The paper uses Taiwan as a case study aiming to provide some insight into the management of safety and security in a wider maritime contest. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods are employed in this paper. An interview survey is undertaken to explore and identify the risk factors in container shipping, and a questionnaire survey is then conducted to collect the relevant data. In order to conduct a comprehensive risk analysis, risk scale is calculated to rank the risk factors using the mean value method and the stochastic dominance method; and risk map is used as the main analytical method to identify the level of risks. It is found that with regard to maritime safety and security damage, risks associated with physical flow as a whole is more likely to have serious impacts than risks associated with information flow and risks associated with payment flow. However, ‘shippers hiding cargo information’ as a factor in risks associated with information flow is the most serious one among all the risk factors in terms of risk scale.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2013.11.008
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092575351300266X
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Chang, Chia-Hsun
  • Xu, Jingjing
  • Song, Dong-Ping
• Publication Date: 2014-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 168-178
• Serial:
  • Safety Science
  • Volume: 63
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0925-7535
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09257535

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cargo handling; Case studies; Containers; Freight transportation; Information management; Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Security; Stochastic processes; Transportation operations; Water transportation
• Geographic Terms: Taiwan
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01528808
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 2014 9:19AM