Zhanjiang Port Container Terminal Logistics Development

The littoral cities are the important districts which keep connection with the logistics system of world. Along with the development of the modern logistics industry, the ports are playing a more important role in the modern business and transportation. The containerized vessels are getting to a tendency of great size and large tonnage, which bring a great many opportunities and challenges to the development of ports.In the recent ten years, accompanying with the accelerated globality trend of world economy, competition for hub port becomes more and more fierce. In order to be more active in the incoming competition, many countries regard the construction of ports as the emphasis of the development of their ports.This thesis consists of 6 parts. In the first, this thesis introduces the research background, content and approaches applied. In the second, on the basis of analysis on the development trend and current condition of the Logistics, this thesis discusses the feasibility and necessity of the construction of logistics-system port in Zhanjiang. Thirdly, this thesis lays emphasis on the analysis and forecast of goods and container productions because it is the theoretical base of the strategic construction of container port logistics. Based on the analysis of product factors of goods and container productions, this thesis brings forward several models to forecast container productions in Zhanjiang Port, and gains satisfactory forecast result.Fourthly, with the analysis on the development trend of world port-logistics and current condition of the container port-logistics, the feasibility and necessity of the construction of container port-logistics in Zhanjiang are discussed. In the fifth, the characters of Zhanjiang port, especially of the Zhanjiang container port are analysed, evaluation factors of the port are educed.