An evaluation of key risk factors affecting shipping market operations across the Taiwan Strait for liner carriers

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 302-311

  Ding, Ji Feng ^a   Tseng, Wen Jui ^b   Hsu, Fu Ting ^c  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c Fubon Securities Co Ltd   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process; Risk; Shipping; Taiwan strait

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; ANALYTICAL MODELS; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; RISKS; SHIPS; SURVEYS;

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POTENTIAL RISKS; REMEDIAL MEASURES; SHIPPING MARKET; TAIWAN STRAITS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84927629992     PISSN: 14750902     EISSN: 20413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1475090212473956     Document Type: Article

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