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The relative comparison in routes (awareness)
Below is the summary of characteristics of routes based on the above
analyzed results.
-Route 1: This trans-continent railway transport route has
competitiveness in most of factors.
- Route 2 and 3: Of the sea–railway combined transport routes, Route 2
and 3 show strength in transport distance, transport cost, and safety in
transit, but have weakness in transport time, flexibility, and freight
information service.
- Route 4: Having lower transport mode awareness than that of Route 2
and 3, this route receive slow grades in transport frequency and safety
among the sea–railway combined transport routes. Therefore, if Route 1 is
implemented, Route 2, 3, and 4 will require improved transport service,
safety, and raised awareness.
- Route 5: Using the most widely used path (the Suez Canal), this route
is competitive in qualitative factors such as reliability, flexibility, freight
safety, and awareness, but weak in the quantitative factors such as
transport distance, time, and cost when compared with other routes. The
high evaluation of the credibility in flexibility of transport and freight
safety may come from the fact that this route is the most widely used at
present, with a highly positive awareness of the route. Maintaining Route
5’s transport market share requires establishing a transport system that
covers its weakness described above.
- Route 6: The new Arctic route, compared with Route 5, has strength in
transport distance and the transport time, but has weakness in cost and all
of the qualitative factors. Especially, the cost and safety are shown to be
the lowest of other routes.