This paper proposes an evaluation model to evaluate the competition among international ports in the Eastern Asian Region. The proposed model is combination of Analytic Hierarchy Process and SWOT analysis to evaluate competitive ports. The evaluation hierarchical structure of port competition is composed of eight levels. At the third level, we combine SWOT into the evaluation system. Strengths and weaknesses are internal environments. Opportunities and threats are external environments. There

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... e eleven evaluation criteria are considered in the model, and each of criterion has one or more sub-criterion. There are eight competitive ports as Keelung, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Kobe, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Pusan and Singapore are considered. According to the results of AMP questionnaire survey and the evaluation method put forward in this paper can be utilized to conduct the comparison of the outranking of these eight competitive ports.