This research paper is inspired by some our classmate’s work and also the overall trade relation
between China and Taiwan. As China’s relevant policy, many Taiwanese companies are now
investing in the southwest inland cities of China. Together with the fact that China is now the
biggest trading partner of Taiwan together with Taiwan’s industrial layout, it is by interest to
investigate the feasibility of building a new transport service from Taiwan directly to southwest
China. We focus on introducing an intermodal option to link Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, and
Chengdu, the largest city in Sichuan province. Our transshipment port in this project is Xiamen,
which is one of the closest ports to Taiwan in China. The main target of this report is the
electronics industry and its time sensitive goods associated with these products. Certain market
forces are aligned and we believe there is a potential for a profitable trade corridor to be
established. Detailed studies on cost analysis, system setup choice, market analysis and overall
implementations are drawn to justify our idea and choice of this trade route.GS Research paper/GM0516 Intermodal Freight Transpor
