Research On Competitiveness Of Container Transportation For Shantou Port

The constant development of economy and trade in our country has led to increasingly intense competition in container transportation. In south China, some big container terminals such as Shenzhen, Xiamen and Guangzhou have developed to a certain scale. Under the severe competition, it is an urgent problem to find out the advantages and disadvantages through properly evaluating the competitiveness of Shantou Port.This article analyzes the present situation for container transportation in our country, and chooses four container terminals that may obviously influence the container transportation of Shantou Port to study. For the container transportation related to many factors, it is important to pick out the main factors to analyze the competitiveness. By referring to a great deal of literature and expertise, a complete set of evaluation index for container transportation competitiveness was set up.The evaluation for container transportation competitiveness is a complicated system. This article uses a decision-making analytical method based on fuzzy congruity theory. By using the fuzzy theory, some qualitative factors are turned to quantitative factors. In actual use, sometimes the factors are so many that the weighing coefficient is hard to define. So a multi-layer model is adopted to improve the decision-making analytical method.When calculating the priority values, a method based on the relationship between fuzzy congruity matrix and priority is used to make sure the algorithm is scientific and feasible.Through analyzing the competitiveness of container transportation for Shantou Port, the advantages and disadvantages are found out. Based on the results, some relevant suggestions are bought forward to improve the competitiveness of container transportation for Shantou Port.