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http://dx.doi.org/10.38121/kpea.2022.3.38.3.15

A Study on the Determinants Affecting Global Tramper Companies' Bunkering Port Selection Using AHP Method  

Ahn, Ji Young (중앙대학교 글로벌물류학과)
Ryu, Hee Chan (중앙대학교 무역물류학과)
Lee, Choong-bae (중앙대학교 국제물류학과)
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Journal of Korea Port Economic Association / v.38, no.3, 2022 , pp. 15-28 More about this Journal
Abstract
Bunkering refers to the supply of bunker fuel necessary for the ship operation, as well as minimizing the price and supply cost of fuel itself, and includes supplying good quality fuel oil in a timely manner and at the optimal port. Bunkering is an important criterion in terms of cost for shipping companies because bunkering involves a significant cost to the purchaser of bunkering from the time of initial purchase. This study aims to prioritize selection criteria for tramper companies to call port for bunkering. For this study, the variables were selected by analyzing the common criteria such as price, location, bunker quality and service and infrastructure etc. employed in previous studies. The AHP method was employed to prioritize the criteria in order. As a result of the analysis, the high level factors appeared in the order of price, location, bunkering quality and port service and infrastructure factors. The importance of price criterion and location criterion was found to be high. In the low level criterion of price, the bunker price per MT was ranked first in importance. In terms of location criteria, the location on the main trade route was high. In the low criteria of bunker quality and port service, the bunkering available types and bunker quality were found to be important factors, and in the low level criteria of infrastructure, anchorage and availability of bunkering during loading and discharging and port security factors were found to be important criteria. This study provides the guidelines for research designed to compare the bunkering port selection factors and to derive their importance suggesting the ways to enhance competitiveness as a bunkering port.
Keywords
Bunkering; Bunkering Port Selection; Port Competitiveness; Analytic Hierarchy Process, AHP;
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