Fundamentals in shipping: cruise shipping

This research investigates marketing practice of Japanese local ports to foreign cruise lines based upon the findings of survey. It also analyzes the impact of such practice and tourism resources on the number of port call of foreign cruise lines based upon Tobit regression. This research is one of few studies which focus on marketing practice and tourism resources as the determinants for cruise port selection.

This study is an extension of previous research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cruise shipping network in the Asian-Australasian region. It provides a robust analysis of the changes in the sector’s operations, especially its operation network after the pandemic to accommodate the changes in demand in the short-medium and long terms.

Due to the safe, efficient, energy-saving, and eco-friendly characteristics, public transport has been recognized as one of the most important approaches for cruise passengers to access attractive hinterland destinations. While the influence of the dynamic passenger demand on the timetable of public transport has been widely explored, the interference of cruise passengers on public transport has not received enough attention. Such interference is reflected in mobility problems and is derived from the concentrated arrival of a large number of cruise passengers within the docking duration of the cruise ship. To assess the interference of cruise passengers, we perform a mobility analysis and present an evaluation system that represents the timetable of public transport, transit path choices of cruise passengers, and traffic dynamics at the network level.