Containership Flag Selection: The Opening of Direct Shipping between Taiwan and China

Table 3

Priorities of criteria and subcriteria.

Criteria and subcriteria	Local weights	Global weights
C1 government policies	0.441
C11 efficiency of authority	0.141	0.062
C12 vessels recruited in war	0.083	0.037
C13 registry qualifications acquired	0.358	0.158
C14 direct shipping licenses	0.418	0.184
𝜆max=4.072,CI=0.024,CR=0.027
C2 economic factors	0.317
C21 crew costs	0.220	0.070
C22 dual class expenses	0.160	0.051
C23 financing costs	0.338	0.107
C24 tax-related expenses	0.282	0.089
𝜆max=4.155,CI=0.052,CR=0.057
C3 operational flexibility	0.242
C31 employment requirement for; Taiwanese seafarers	0.286	0.069
C32 complying with PSC requirements	0.189	0.046
C33 cargo considerations	0.329	0.080
C34 prohibition of the employment of; Chinese seafarers	0.196	0.047
𝜆max=4.074,CI=0.025,CR=0.027

𝜆_max=3.010,C.I.=0.005;C.R.=0.008 for the comparison of criteria with respect to the overall objective.