基隆港近年面臨台北港和其他像是廈門等中國鄰近港口的激烈競爭，再加上台灣產業結構已逐漸轉向以高科技產業為重心，使得即使在貨物價值增加的情況下，基隆港的貨櫃量可能因而迅速遞減。在此情勢下，地方上的船務代理、報關、裝卸、內陸集散站、倉儲及內陸運輸業者，也可能受航運產業的影響而缺乏足夠的營運收入，而影響基隆市的景氣繁榮。本研究首先分析高雄、倫敦及巴爾的摩等港市轉型之相關文獻，並分述與基隆市經營環境之改變、自然及人文資源，再根據基隆港市的重要建設提出港市共同發展及協調策略的相關建議，包括藍海策略、整合策略、市場開發策略發展、客運策略、交通改善策略。
本研究針對基隆港、基隆市共同發展目標，如：郵輪、渡輪運輸等客運交通發展與貨櫃量成長等目標進行策略分析，透過專家訪談的方式，檢驗三大命題的可行性，亦即：命題一：因應目前基隆港經營所面臨之挑戰上之發展策略；命題二：制定基隆港市發展配合協調機制及政策；命題三：研擬基隆港市共同發展策略，而研究結果將提供基隆市、基隆港日後政策制定與執行之參考。

Keelung Port faces keen competition from its neighboring ports, including
Taipei Port, and those Mainland China ports, such as Xiamen. Also, the industrial structure in Taiwan has been gradually transformed to high-technical industry. This means that the cargo volume would rapidly decrease although cargo value is increasing. Under such circumstances, Keelung City encounters certain challenges because local shipping industries, such as shipping agents, customs clearance, stevedoring, inland container depots, warehousing and inland haulage, etc. lack
sufficient operational income to support the City’s prosperity. This study at first undertakes literature reviews, including those examples of port cities in Kaohsiung, London and Baltimore, the changes of operational environments around Keelung City, and those key infrastructure projects relating to Keelung Port and Keelung City, aiming to explore relevant issues to common development of Keelung Port
and Keelung City, including cooperation strategies, integration strategies, market exploration strategies, development of passenger transport, cruise, and ferry business, and the improvement of inter-city and intra-city transportation system, etc.
This study also conducts certain analyses in order to reach suggestions for developing coordinating strategies for common benefits of the Port and the City. They include the strategies for developing passenger transport, cruise and ferry shipping, as well as the creation of cargo volume. For reaching proper conclusions for this study, it also adopts expert interviews to check if the three key issues are feasible or not. They are: (1) Keelung Port’s cevelopment strategies; (2) Keelung Port and City’s coordinative strategies; and (3) Keelung Port and City’s
collaborative development strategies. This Study aims to provide reference either to Keelung City and Keelung Port for future policy making and implementation.