| Summary |
The transportation operations of the traditional shipping industry have always been highly dependent on several smaller ecosystems, such as international trade, ports and land logistics. Its members include ports, customs and other administrative agencies, as well as shipping companies, ships, shipowners, shippers, and the transportation and logistics industry. Therefore, all
the different participants in the maritime ecosystem are inextricably linked, and the interconnection and cooperation of members are is essential to the operation of the transportation system. However, due to the accumulative development of digital technology, there are also changes brewing in the operating methods and structure of the shipping industry's past operations and ecosystems.
This research used foreign development cases and digital technology development trends to describe the composition and operation of Taiwan’s current maritime ecosystem, and to explore the impact of the development of digital technology on the entire maritime ecosystem and its related service supply chain (including industry, government and academia, such as smart ports,
shipbuilding, shipping, logistics, customs, insurance, education, etc.). This research is expected to promote the development of Taiwan’s innovative maritime ecosystem and a compatible collaboration model, and to provide various stakeholders with an understanding of international development trends, as well as reference for the direction of subsequent responses and the
sustainable development of the emerging technology in the port field. |
