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Maintaining and researching port safety: a case study of the port of Kaohsiung

Tseng, Po-Hsing; Pilcher, Nick

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Po-Hsing Tseng



Abstract

Maintaining port safety in full conformity with IMO standards is a requisite for every port and country. To do this, understanding the challenges and human factors involved is key. To date, much research has shed valuable light on these factors and considered how to address them. One aspect that is often noted is that both maintaining port safety and researching port safety presents numerous challenges. This paper considers both these aspects in the context of a case study of port safety in Kaohsiung port, Taiwan.
Methods: Historical data and data from in-depth interviews with port operators and government officials are presented, analysed, and discussed alongside the literature.
Results and Conclusion:
In the spirit of case study research, discussion and conclusions of the data are used to generate theory for consideration in ways to approach research in the field. Specifically, more holistic large scale research is recommended into how port safety is maintained, to explore the interdependencies of the factors involved to help improve port safety and complement and sit alongside our current understandings of it. Suggestions for how this research can be approached are made.

Citation

Tseng, P., & Pilcher, N. (2017). Maintaining and researching port safety: a case study of the port of Kaohsiung. European Transport Research Review, 9(34), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12544-017-0250-z

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 6, 2017
Online Publication Date Jun 16, 2017
Publication Date 2017-09
Deposit Date Jun 12, 2017
Publicly Available Date Jun 12, 2017
Journal European Transport Research Review
Print ISSN 1867-0717
Electronic ISSN 1866-8887
Publisher BMC
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 9
Issue 34
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s12544-017-0250-z
Keywords Port, Safety, Kaohsiung, Human Factors
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/930159

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