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http://dx.doi.org/10.7837/kosomes.2017.23.6.719

A Study on the Integrated Utilization of Nationally-Supported Research Vessels Using Cost-Benefit Analysis  

Park, Cheong Kee (Deep-sea and Seabed Mineral Resources Research Center, KIOST)
Park, Se Hun (Ocean Policy Institute, KIOST)
Park, Seong Wook (Ocean Policy Institute, KIOST)
Lee, Gun Chang (Deep-sea and Seabed Mineral Resources Research Center, KIOST)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety / v.23, no.6, 2017 , pp. 719-730 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, oceanic research has been carried out investigating global scientific interests and the territorial management of national marine jurisdictional waters, including exclusive economic zones (EEZ) and the open seas. To meet the needs of ocean researchers pursuing these - objectives, acquiring advanced research infrastructure, including research vessels, large facilities, and equipment, is a top priority in ocean science. However, ocean science is a similar to space science, and securing resources and state-of-the-art technology can be expensive. Faced with these challenges, our study focused on establishing a strategy for the efficient operation and management of research vessels, attempting to establish benchmarks from foreign examples that can be adapted to suit the target context. The results of this study provide ways to identify operating systems that could increase the efficiency of joint-use research vessels. The different systems examined in this study included a joint-use committee-based management system (JCMS, Type 1), private enterprise entrusted operating system (PEOS, Type 2), institutional investment operating system (IIOS, Type 3), and commissioned executive operating system (CEOS, Type 4). The efficiencies of JCMS, PEOS, IIOS and CEOS were 9.17, 5.82, 11.2 and -1.72 %, respectively. Given the total costs involved, the most affordable operating system was IIOS. JCMS was the most cost-effective system based on a quantitative cost-benefit analysis, but IIOS also had an acceptable cost-benefit balance. An operational committee would be required and regulations and guidelines shoulde be established to employ, JCMS, while a strategy to yield independent revenue would be needed to utilize an IIOS system.
Keywords
Ocean research infrastructure; Research vessel; Joint-use of research vessels; Operating system; Cost-benefit analysis;
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