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

Tseng, Po-Hsing; Pilcher, Nick

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
• Contract Date: Jun 12, 2017