台灣的國際貿易全仰賴海運及空運，而對外貿易運輸又多集中於海運，使得港口對外的經濟貿易為台灣主要的經濟命脈，因此海運扮演著促進台灣經濟發展的重要角色。台灣在亞太地區具有優越的地理位置，使得轉運貨櫃為台灣港口發展的趨勢，然而面對亞洲鄰近之國際大港的競爭影響，台灣必須強化物流運作，讓貨櫃裝卸效率更佳，未來才具有國際港口競爭優勢。 本研究以個案研究的方式，探討國內碼頭營運商如何善用創新科技，運用ZigBee與無線感測網路(WSN)之通訊技術建置無線感測貨櫃碼頭系統，來輔助各項自動化設備與作業流程，使港區內的運作達到高效率化，增加對外競爭力。研究的內容包含個案公司為何要導入港口自動化作業流程、建置無線感測貨櫃碼頭系統的過程，並探討個案公司建置過程所遇到的問題、困難與限制，及其如何解決這些問題。除此，並探討分析個案公司導入系統後的效益與使用者接受程度為何。最後，本研究提出研究的結論，並歸納個案公司的導入經驗，提供其他類似公司導入時的參考借鏡，以及提出未來可再強化的發展建議與未來研究方向之建議。Taiwan’s international trade relies fully on sea and air transport, and is mostly concentrated on sea transport. Therefore, it plays a major role on Taiwan’s economy and foreign trade development. Due to Taiwan’s geographically advantageous position in Asia, containers transshipment is becoming the major trend for Taiwan’s port development. Taiwan will serve to strengthen its logistic activities, improve container loading and unloading capacities, in order to maintain its international competitive advantage. This case study owns to explain how those business companies at the pies have effectively made use of creative new technologies such as Zigbee and wireless Sensor Networks. These wireless communication systems help to identify and track cargo will improve the automation process of port activities, and push it to its highest efficiency and competitiveness. This case study has forecast a single company to understand how the company operates under their automation and wireless systems to track container movement. It also identifies the problems, difficulties and restriction the company faces, and the advantages after using this system. Last but not least, the conclusion of this study serves to combine all the implementation experience for further users. In addition, upgrade advice and the blueprint for future study are provided.
