Summary
In 1997, Taiwan launched the Kaohsiung Harbor Offshore Shipping Center, which the Taiwan government regarded as a "third place for sea-trade," apart from Taiwan and PR China. This study analyzes the attitudes of administrators and employees of shipping companies and port authority towards the role of the offshore shipping center and the problems it has encountered. A total of 160 questionnaires were distributed to subjects randomly sampled from four various business units of Taiwan's three main shipping companies and the Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau. The results of this study reflect their views on the development of the "offshore shipping center" concept. The respondents hoped that governments on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will continue talks and negotiation, so that regular commercial activities can be further developed.
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Extract
The Role of Offshore Shipping Centres in Transportation Management: An Empirical Study of Management and Employee Attitudes
Introduction
The political and economic relationships between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have been disrupted as a result of 'civil' war since 1949. The communication and transportation links between the mainland China and Taiwan were completely severed, and even ships from third places were banned from navigating directly between the two sides. Until November 1987, when Taiwan allowed its people to visit their relatives in Mainland China, personnel, cargo, and ships were routed through third places such as Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines.In response to the return of Hong Kong to Mainland China's sovereignty and to surpass the political hurdles of no direct navigation, Taiwan created the "Offshore Shipping Center" in the container terminals of Kaohsiung Port in May 1996 to attract international shipping companies to transship importing and exporting containers between Mainland China and third places to Kaohsiung Port. Then, in August 1996, Mainland China designated Xiamen and Fuzhou Ports of Fukien Province on the western shore...See the full content of this document
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