Research Of The Sea-railway Multimodal Container Transport In Qingdao Port

With the development of the western region and the raising of the central China to further step up the pace, the processing trade distribution by the coastal area primarily, starts to shift to the inland area, the inland area international cargo exchange quantity increases unceasingly, the demand of container transport grows rapidly as well. According the international experience, develop the container sea-rail combined transport is the best choice of Qingdao port to solve the problem.This paper details the definition of the container transport, with the international container transport features. Itemize the forms of the current container inter-modal organization, the advantages of the container inter-modal transportation, the requirements of the container sea-rail combined transport to the railway. Introduce the economic environment and location of Qingdao port to analysis the necessity to launch container sea-rail combined transport, and summarize the advantages and disadvantages of Qingdao port. Through gray prediction theory, three exponential smoothing method and the combination model of two to predict the container volume of Qingdao port in future 5 years to explain the urgency of Qingdao pot to develop the container sea-rail combined transport. Finally, this article details scientific recommendations on how to develop the container sea-rail combined transport in Qingdao port.