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Underwater Blasting for Removing Todo Island in the Sea of Pusan Newport by Using Bulk Emulsion Explosives and Non-electric Detonators (벌크 에멀젼 폭약과 비전기뇌관을 이용한 부산신항 토도 제거 수중발파)

  • An, Bong-Do;Kim, Gab-Soo;Lee, Soo-Hyung;Jung, Byung-Youl;Lim, Dae-Kyu
    • Explosives and Blasting
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.37-45
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    • 2020
  • Todo was an uninhabited island located in the sea of Pusan Newport. It was a small island with the height of 32 m above sea level, and its area including the submerged part was approximately 24,400 ㎡. Unfortunately, the island was located exactly in the middle of the narrow entrance way to the North and South Container Wharfs of Pusan Newport so that a number of ships had to turn quickly to avoid collision with the island, which frequently caused collisions with other ships or cranes. To avoid such a danger and make the water way wider and deeper, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries decided to remove the island. This was believed to make even super-large vessels operate safely in the sea of Pusan Newport so that the competitiveness of the port could be highly enhanced. This paper describes in detail the whole process of the removing work, which was the first case of successful underwater blasting operation using bulk emulsion explosives and non-electric detonators to remove a whole island in South Korea.

Study on Basic Design of Maritime Information Gateway System for Sharing Information with Related Organizations about Korean e-Navigation Service (유관기관 정보 공유를 위한 지능형 해상교통정보 체계의 대용량 해양 정보 연계 시스템 기본 설계에 대한 연구)

  • Yong-hak Song;Hyun Kim;Do-yeon Kim
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.308-309
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    • 2022
  • The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries is providing maritime safety services using combine limited artificial intelligence technologies through the operation of the Korean e-Navigation service, and research is needed to improve reliability and quality to secure the competitiveness of the system. However, linking real-time operating systems requires a separate system configuration that can be linked after processing personal information security with minimal performance impact. To solve this problem, this study will make a basic design of a big-data maritime information gateway system of the Korean e-Navigation service that minimizes the impact of performance and reflects the security of personal information.

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A Study on ESG Management Strategies of Port Enterprises for Sustainable Ports: Focusing on Port Authority (지속가능 항만을 위한 항만기업의 ESG경영전략에 관한 연구: 항만공사를 중심으로)

  • Seo, Mun-Sung
    • Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.309-324
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    • 2023
  • Recently, not only has ESG (Environment, Society, Governance) been discussed domestically and internationally intensively, both within companies and at the level of national competitiveness, but also ESG management is seen as a concept that practically implements a new value system for sustainable development of our humankind. As the mandatory disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) is scheduled for 2025, it is a reality that companies are experiencing considerable burdens and difficulties. In recent years, among ESG activities, which are non-financial management performance in the shipping and port industries, environmentally friendly activities are acting as an important indicator for shipping companies. In particular, the National Assembly has enacted laws related to air quality, including ports, and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries is making various support measures and plans to create eco-friendly ports. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to analyze the current status of ESG reports and suggest related problems and improvement plans for ESG activation.

Fruit Quality of Rabbiteye Blueberry as Affected by Manual Floral Buds Thinning (블루베리 인력적화 시기와 방법이 과실특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Hong Lim;Chae, Won-Byoung;Kim, Jin-Gook;Lee, Mock-hee;Rhee, Han-Cheol;Kim, Seung-Hui;Kwack, Yong-Bum
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.166-172
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    • 2019
  • BACKGROUND: Increase in the ratio of small berries in blueberry production decreases the farmers' profits due to weakening market competitiveness and lowering harvest efficiency. One of the reasons for increased small berries is over fruit-load. For improving productivity and competitiveness of blueberry in Korea, hand-thinning can be applied to increase fruit quality before the developing adequate chemical thinning methods. This study was conducted to investigate the proper timing and methods for floral buds thinning in rabbiteye blueberry. METHODS AND RESULTS: Eight years old bushes of rabbiteye bluberries 'Brightwell' as a primary cultivar and 'Powderblue' as a pollinizer were used for this study. Fruit size distribution by leaf-to-fruit ratio was investigated by counting the number of leaves and fruits in canes of 127 'Brightwell' plants whose fruit set varied. Fifty percent of flowers/floral buds were removed in four different floral buds stages such as bud swell, late pink bud, full bloom, and petal fall, and the consumed time for thinning and fruit characteristics were recorded to investigate the effect and proper timing of floral buds thinning. Fruit weight and soluble solids content tended to increase in proportion to leaf-to-fruit ratio and the production of the number of fruits less than 13 mm in diameter decreased when leaf-to-fruit ratio was more than 2.5. Manual floral buds thinning by hands was fastest in full bloom stage and slowest in bud swelling stage. In all cultivars, fruit size was significantly smaller in non-thinning treatment than thinning, and there was, however, no significant difference in total fruit yield. The number of fruits less than 13 mm in diameter increased in both cultivars as floral buds thinning was delayed. Consumed time for picking 90% berries out of total berries per bush was shortest in full bloom stage thinning in 'Brightwell' and bud swelling, full bloom thinning in 'Powderblue'. These were 25 and 20 days faster than no thinning, respectively. CONCLUSION: Although the effect of floral buds thinning varied depending on the cultivars, our results confirmed that floral buds thinning was effective for the early intensive harvesting and the increase of the large fruit ratio and the harvesting productivity. Also, in order to increase thinning efficiency, it is recommended to remove the flower buds before the full bloom stage.

New Governmental National Agenda and New Executive Bodies' R&D Strategic Goals on Geoscience and Mineral Resources (신정부 국정과제 및 지질자원 분야 R&D 정책 방향 분석)

  • Ahn, Eun-Young;Lee, Jae-Wook;Park, Jung-Kyu
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.46 no.5
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    • pp.469-476
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    • 2013
  • With the advent of a new Korean government, a new national agenda (140 items) was reported. Additionally, Work Plans of the executive bodies were also released, including the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP); the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE); the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF); and the Ministry of Environment (MOE); the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MOLIT). For government-supported research institutes, it will be important to watch and analyze the changes in the government's primary policies and strategic goals. In this paper, we analyzed new governmental research and development (R&D) policy with respect to geoscience and mineral resources technology. The results indicated that the executive bodies emphasized, for the job creating 'creative economy' and the 'safety and integration society', the establishment of the creative economy; science and technology development based on creativity and innovation; creation of new growth engines by fusion and diffusion; construction of stable energy systems; promotion of environmental industry; and creating satisfactory land services. In the area of geoscience and mineral resources technology, it is time to search for a new, creative, and interagency fusion R&D contents to meet the needs of the public and boost its national competitiveness.

Study on Efficient Port Environmental Management for Sustainable Port Operation (I): Case Study of Marine Environments and Natural Resources Impacts by Busan New Port Development (지속가능한 항만운영을 위한 효율적 항만환경관리에 관한 연구 (I): 부산 신항만 개발로 인한 해양환경 및 자원 영향성 평가 사례)

  • Kim, Tae-Goun
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.401-412
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    • 2016
  • The sustainable operation and development of ports is a key industry for Korea's national economy. It is increasingly more important to resolve conflicts with local communities due to port environmental problems such as air pollution, water pollution, noise and ecosystem destruction while securing port competitiveness through infrastructure expansion. In case of the Busan New Port development project in Korea, construction has been temporally suspended due to conflict with local fishermen over marine sand mining for construction. A primary reason for this is the absence and limitation of qualitative port environmental impact assessment methodologies in Korea. This includes the current investigation of fisheries damaged by ports. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to propose economic valuation methods for assessing environmental impacts that are essential for efficient port environmental management and for sustainable port operation and development in Korea. To do this, this study examines the overall port environmental problems and their effects (damages) through the analysis of environmental policies and case studies of domestic and overseas ports. Then economic valuation methods are suggested for total economic values (TEV) of damaged environmental goods and services. Among the proposed methods, Habitat Equivalency Analysis (HEA), as a more scientific data based method, was applied to estimate marine ecosystem service damages from the designation of Busan New Port Anchorages. Finally, based on the study results, more efficient port environmental management will be achieved through the institutional adoption of the proposed economic impact assessment methods for port environmental damages.

Categorizing Canadian Students' Cognition Type on Korean Food Consumption: Focused on Q-methodology (캐나다 대학생의 한국음식 소비유형분류: Q방법론을 중심으로)

  • Kim, Jin-Kang;Lee, Chun-Su
    • International Commerce and Information Review
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.75-94
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    • 2011
  • This study is designed to expand 'Q-Methodology' into the global marketing realm in attempt to find out how Canadian consumers will perceive Korean food. The ultimate aim of this thesis is to lay a basic foundation to globalize Korean food and heighten the potential and quality of Korean food. Korean food, well-known as slow diet, jumps on the bandwagon of the Korean Wave and spreads at a rapid pace. At this point, most Korean food becomes widespread under the influence of the boom of not just the Korean Wave but also the growing desire for health food. Hence, it is the most important to analyze consumers' types in order to learn how each individual nation perceives Korean Food. This can be used as the basic research and study to enhance the national competitiveness of Korean food. Q-methodology is adopted in this study to reveal the critical dimensions and characteristics of the target market and/or consumers for Korean Food using the Canadian respondents' subjective attributes. Three categories (pragmatic trend type, traditional culture seeking type, a beginner type) of Canadian consumer behavior regarding Korean Food are found and suggested in this study. The objective attributes of Korean food are not considered here, but the Canadian consumers' subjective behavioral attributes are.

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A Comparative Analysis of Informatization Level for Agricultural Corporations and SMEs (농업법인과 중소기업의 정보화수준 비교 분석)

  • Bock, Gene;Kim, Bae-Bong;Lee, Jae-Keun
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.40 no.5
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    • pp.892-902
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    • 2015
  • Agri-food ICT(Information and Communications Technologies) convergence has been raised as an important issue for agricultural industry competence. In this situation, this study is to enhance agricultural competitiveness and seek to development plan for agricultural corporation by diagnosing informatization level. For this purpose, this study conducted survey on informatization level of 3,019 agricultural corporations and calculated level score. And result is compared with SMEs(Small and Medium Enterprise) informatization survey, including manufacturing and service industries, conducted by Korea Technology & Information Promotion Agency for SMEs in recent agricultural corporations' growing with automation of agricultural production and improving service to customer satisfaction. Evaluation system is established to calculate informatization level score and AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process) method was used by the experts to investigate weighting of assessment area, assessment indicators, assessment items. As a result, agricultural corporation informatization level score was 40.16 points which is lower than the benefitted organization of agri-food IT convergence modeling(43.44 points). By assessment area, the informatization level of promotional environment area was low and investment and training items were analyzed low especially so need to improve urgently. In the analysis result by organization type, agricultural company corporation's informatization level was higher than the agricultural association corporation and 'Processing and distribution' was higher than others by business type. Informatization level of agricultural corporation is 80 percent of 2013 SMEs' level(50.18 points) and 59.4 percent of a large corporation(67.64 points). In particular, big difference is occurred in investment feasibility analysis, informatization investment and education which will be need to improve.

A Study on Analysis of Maritime Industry Structure on Chungnam Province (충남지역 해양산업 구조 분석 연구)

  • Kim, Un Soo;Choi, Kyoung Hoon;Kim, Hwa Young
    • Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 2018
  • Maritime industry is recognized as a new value-adding and growth engine industry. It provides high value by creating clusters centering on ports. Advanced international ports are also clashing ahead to create clusters, boost profits, and strengthen competitiveness. The Korean government enacted policies for the establishment and upbringing of maritime industrial clusters in 2015. It is very important to understand which maritime industry has a comparative advantage in each region and to establish an integration strategy through maritime industrial clusters. This study analyzes the structure of the maritime industry in the Chungnam province, which is expected to deal with raw materials(mainly oil products), container throughput, and opening of ferry route with China's port. The study analyzed the existing literature on the maritime industry and classified the industry into 5 major categories, 21 sub-categories, and 84 sub-categories in shipping and logistics, shipbuilding, fishery, marine tourism industry, and other industries. Based on the reclassified maritime industry, the structure of the maritime industry in the Chungnam province was analyzed by using location quotient(LQ) and Shift-Share analysis. The study found that the fisheries industry showed the highest value(1.718) in the analysis of LQ, followed by the marine tourism industry(1.092), shipbuilding industry(0.823) and shipping and logistics industry(0.789). The total effect of the maritime industry in Chungnam province was 36,315 and the net growth effect, excluding the national growth effect, was estimated to be 21,321. Based on these results, we classify the maritime industry in the Chungnam province as comparative advantage and comparative disadvantage. The results of this study can be used as basic data for formulating strategies for the construction of the maritime industry cluster in the Chungnam province in the future.

A Study on Index Number of Nautical Chart of Korea (한국 해도 번호체계 개선 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jong-Sung;Lee, Hyong-Ki;Park, Young-Soo;Gang, Jeong-Gu;Park, Jin-Su
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.219-226
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    • 2011
  • Now Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration(KHOA) publishes 309 charts of 38 kinds of scale. Korea chart index number system is established with east, south and west sea areas. The chart number has been given irregularly in accordance with publication order so there is no consistence. The present chart index number system can classify sea areas but does not have information of scale, object and location. Therefore this chart's unsystematic management gives rise to inconvenience to the chart user. So, the standards of chart index number system is urgently needed for the efficient management & use of chart. In this paper, we intend to propose new chart index number system through adjusting area of chart and rearranging scale of charts. As a result, it is necessary to change from 3 digits to 4 digits index number to gain competitiveness & systematic management of Korea nautical charts.