• 산업공학
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.67-78
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• 2001

This paper describes the simulation study which estimates the container crane efficiency in container terminal. In most simulation studies, it is assumed that container cranes are available at any time. Though the failures of container cranes don't occur often, they are very serious problems on terminal efficiency. As usual, the failures of container crane cause arrived ships to delay the departure time. In this study, a queueing simulation model for container terminal, which focuses on the failures of container cranes, is designed. The simulation approach appears to be the most appropriate one because it allows to avoid the usual exponential assumption on interarrivals of ships and service times of container cranes. Using the developed model, we tested the efficiency of container cranes considering failures with a real system size and performed the simulation experiment on real container terminal to validate the developed simulation model. The results of simulation experiment were analyzed using output statistics, which include the waiting times of vessels and yard tractors, the utilization for container cranes, and the berth occupancy rates.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.527-534
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• 2012

오늘날과 같이 급속히 변화하는 기업경영 환경에서 조직이 생존하고 번영하기 위해 기업의 경영 성과를 향상시켜야 하고 이를 위해서는 생산성 또는 효율성을 꾸준히 평가할 필요가 있다. 최근 컨테이너터미널 업체수는 증가하였음에도 불구하고 물동량의 증가가 미미하여, 물동량 확보를 위한 컨테이너터미널 운영사간의 선사 및 화물유치를 위한 경쟁이 치열해지고 있다. 이러한 경쟁은 하역요율이 하락하고 컨테이너터미널 운영사들의 경영수지가 악화되고 있는 추세이다. 따라서 본 논문은 DEA(Data Envelopment Analysis) 방법론을 이용하여 국내 컨테이너터미널 운영사의 경영 효율성을 비교 분석함으로써 컨테이너터미널 운영사의 경영 효율성 수준을 파악해 보았다. 본 연구는 기업 경영 분석에서 산출기초가 되는 가장 중요한 인건비, 임대료, 관리비용과 같은 비용항목을 투입변수로 선정하였으며, 산출변수에는 매출액, 영업이익을 선정하여 2009년도 경영 효율성을 분석하였다. 분석 대상들은 효율적인 컨테이너터미널 운영사와 비효율적인 운영사들로 구분하고, 비효율적인 운영사는 상대적으로 얼마나 비효율적인지에 대한 정보와 경영 효율성을 갖추기 위한 개선 방안을 제시한다.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.23-44
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• 2022

Purpose - Recent issues such as vessel enlargement, strengthening of environmental regulations, and port smartization are expected to increase costs and intensify competition in the port industry. In the new normal era, when external growth has reached its limit, the efficient operation of ports is becoming indispensable for achieving sustainable growth. This study aims to identify the determinants of inefficiency by examining the cost structure and efficiency of container terminals in Korea and furthermore propose the political implications to derive the maximization of efficiency. Design/methodology - This study estimates the cost function of container terminal operators and identifies the efficiency of container terminals using stochastic cost frontier (SCF) in the first stage. In the second step, the SCF results are compared with the data envelopment analysis (DEA). Last, this paper proposes efficiency determinants on container terminal operation to establish appropriate strategies. Out of the 29 container terminal operators in South Korea, 13 operators participated in the survey. The translog cost function was estimated utilizing a total of 116 observations collected over the 2007-2017 period. Findings - Empirical analysis shows that economies of scale exist in Korea's container ports, which provides a rationale for the government's policy to establish the global terminal operator by integrating small terminal operators to enhance competitiveness. In addition, as a result of the determinants analysis, container throughput, weight of direct employment costs, and labour cost share have positive effects on improving cost efficiency, while inefficiency increases as the length of quay increases. More specifically, cost efficiency improves as the proportion of direct employment costs to outsourcing service costs increases. Originality/value - This study contributes to analyzing the inefficiency factors of container terminals through efficiency analysis with respect to a cost function. In addition, this study proposes the practical and political implications, such as establishing a long-term manpower pool, the application of the hybrid liner terminal system, and the construction of a statistical data system, to improve the cost inefficiency of terminal operators.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.29-39
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• 2021

Purpose: As China experienced a crisis due to Covid-19, the global supply chain collapsed and affected the world. Therefore, it is time for a change in port operational efficiency, increasing in importance with changes in the global supply chain. This study analyzed Shanghai Port's efficiency, the world's largest port and representative hub port in Northeast Asia, by looking at the relationship between facility factors and cargo throughput to present hub port development's timely implications. Research design, data and methodology: This study applied the Charnes, Cooper, and Rhodes (CCR) and Banker, Chames, and Cooper (BCC) models of the data development analysis (DEA) to construct an analysis from the input-oriented and output-oriented perspectives. Results: As a result, Yidong Container Terminal can be considered the most optimized in facilities and operation processes. Yidong and Shengdong Container Terminal should maintain current operating levels, while Pudong Container Terminal should review facility investments. Also, Zhendong, Huong, Mingdong, and Guandong Container Terminal should be reviewed to increase cargo throughput or to adjust current input variables in the current state. Conclusions: Therefore, the utilization of the container terminal input variables should be reviewed, and the factors of inefficiency should be improved. Moreover, the strategic focus of container terminal operations should be on increasing annual cargo throughput.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국시뮬레이션학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.63-68
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• 2004

The objective of this paper is to analyze the combined productivity at container terminal. We present a mode3 for combined productivity that perform the container transportation between apron and yard. Usually, the efficiency of container terminal is evaluated by productivity of container cranes at apron, but there are other equipment such as transport vehicles and yard cranes. Therefore, a method that can estimate the combined productivity of equipment of container terminal is required. We performed various simulation experiment and analyzed combined productivity to estimate the required number of equipment.

• 한국항만학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.259-267
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• 2000

This study aims to analyse the coefficient used to estimate the quay capacity per year at the container terminal. The capacity of the container terminal is composed of the capacity at the quay side and the other working conditions at the back of the quay side. But when we refer the capacity of the container terminal, generally we used capacity as that of the container terminal. To estimate the quay capacity independently of the working conditions at the back of quay side, we calculate the quay capacity as th product of working hours per year, productivity of container crane and relate other coefficients, such that berth utilization, crane utilization and efficiency. So that coefficients are properly defined to reflect the other working conditions. If we calculate the quay capacity by the product of working hours modified by the berth utilization and crane productivity modified by the crane utilization and efficiency, the meaning of that coefficients must be strictly defined. So there could be no confusion to apply that coefficients to calculate the quay capacity. In this study, we exclusively define the meaning of the berth utilization, crane utilization and efficiency according to the internal-meaning of thats in the function to calculate the quay capacity. And compare each coefficients by decomposing the working hours at the terminal.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2005

최근 심화되고 있는 컨테이너터미널 경쟁에서 각국 항만 및 터미널 운영업체는 터미널의 시설확충 뿐만 아니라 컨테이너터미널 효율성을 화물유치의 중요한 요인으로 인식하게 되었다. 이러찰 환경변화에 따라 컨테이너터미널의 효율성과 관련된 많은 연구가 수행되어 왔었다. 그러나 대부분의 기존 연구에서는 정성적인 설문조사나 기초데이터를 이용하여 컨테이너터미널에 대한 효율성을 부분적인 관점에서 분석하거나 단일 연도의 효율성 수준 및 자국 항만의 효율성만을 분석하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 확률프론티어 모형(Stochastic Frontier Model)을 이용하여 계량적이고, 패널자료를 사용하여 연도별 효율성의 변화를 실증적으로 분석하여 개별 터미널간의 효율성이 주는 시사점을 도출하였다. 우리나라 터미널의 효율성 수준은 해외 주요 터미널과 비교해본 결과 경쟁항만에 비해 감만터미널을 제외한 나머지 터미널은 낮은 수준으로 나타났다.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.605-611
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• 2007

In order to become a mega hub port, major ports all over the world are making every effort to enhance their productivity through efficiency of internal operation. Accordingly, in order to enhance the competitiveness of a container terminal, an automated container terminal is considered as the best alternative. An automated container terminal is using such automated handling equipment as AGV(Automated Guided Vehicles) and ATC(Automated Transfer Crane). The efficient equipment operation plays a critical role in enhancing the productivity of an automated container terminal. In an automated container terminal, the most important equipments are AGV and ATC. Each block of containers with a vertical layout is generally operating two ATCs. The two ATCs can be crossed or not at each block. In the case of operating crossover ATC, it has an advantage of high flexibility that ATC work is possible at both TP(Transfer Point) of each block. But it has also a disadvantage that the yard has to be operated at a low storage level of containers in the terminal yard. Recently, for automated container terminals, which are being prepared for opening in Korea, they plan to use uncrossed twin ATC in order to make the storage level of their yards high at a low cost. Therefore, studies have to be made in order to increase the efficiency of twin ATC system based on the flexibility that the crossover ATC system has. This research aims to suggest an operation strategy to improve efficiency of twin ATC at each storage block in a yard.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제34권9호
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• pp.719-726
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• 2010

As the competition among the container terminals in Korea has become increasingly fierce, every terminal is striving to increase its investments constantly and lower its operational costs in order to maintain the competitive edge and provide satisfactory services to terminal users. The unreasoning behavior, however, has induced that substantial waste and inefficiency exists in container terminal production. Therefore, it is of great importance for the terminal to know whether it has fully used its existing infrastructures and that output has been maximized given the input. From this perspective, data envelopment analysis (DEA) provides a more appropriate benchmark. This study applies three models of DEA to acquire a variety of analytical results about the operational efficiency to the Korean container terminals. According to efficiency value analysis, this study first finds the reason of inefficiency. It is followed by identification of the potential areas of improvement for inefficient terminals by applying slack variable method and giving the projection results. Finally, return to scale approach is used to assess whether each terminal is in a state of increasing, decreasing, or constant return to scale. The results of this study can provide terminal managers with insight into resource allocation and optimization of the operating performance.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.139-149
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• 2010

세계 주요 항만들은 항만운영의 효율성 증대시키기 위해 항만시설의 확충과 개선에 많은 노력을 기울이고 있다. 본고는 세계 주요 항만과의 경쟁에서 밀리고 있는 부산항과 광양항의 컨테이너 터미널의 효율성의 특성을 파악하기 위하여 DEA 모형과 토빗모형을 이용한다. 먼저 허핀달-허쉬만지수와 기업집중률을 이용하여 컨테이너 터미널의 물동량 집중도를 조사하여 집중도는 감소하는 추세이나 상위 3개 터미널의 물동량 집중도가 상당히 높다는 것을 밝힌다. 이러한 결과는 Jarque-Bera 통계량과 왜도를 통해 변수들이 우측으로 긴 꼬리를 갖는 분포를 보여 규모가 작은 컨테이너 터미널의 빈도가 크다는 사실에서도 확인할 수 있다. DEA모형을 이용하여 부산항과 광양항의 컨테이너 터미널의 효율성을 도출하여 비효율적 DMU들의 비효율 원인은 각기 다르나, 비효율적 터미널들이 대부분 규모의 수익체증 상태에 있기 때문에 규모를 줄이는 방법보다는 규모를 확대하는 것이 효율성 향상에 보다 효율적이라는 것을 보인다. 이분산성을 고려한 토빗모형을 적용하여 컨테이너 야드당 물동량과 컨테이너 크레인당 물동량의 계수가 예상되는 부호를 가져 효율성 증대에 기여하나 컨테이너 야드가 컨테이너 크레인보다 효율성에 더 큰 영향을 미친다는 것을 밝힌다.