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Economic Analysis of Foldable Containers on the Jeju-Mokpo Container Route

  • Shin, Chang-Hoon;Kim, Sung-Nam;Den, Mariia;Wang, Gao-Feng
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.42 no.5
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    • pp.331-340
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    • 2018
  • Shipping containers promote rapid development of the transport industry, and generate economic and social value. However, problems often occur due to imbalance in dynamics between exports and imports, container relocation, traffic congestion, and general shipping network designs. So, efficient and cost-effective cargo management has become crucial for the Jeju Island - Mokpo container route (JMCR) in South Korea. Dozens of recent studies reveal that collapsible or foldable containers, may become an innovative solution to problematic issues within the shipping industry. The major purpose of this study is to discuss conditions required for successful commercial application of foldable containers, based on a cost-benefit analysis precisely for the JMCR. Findings reveal usage of foldable containers can be cost-effective, if containers make a "FULL<->EMPTY" route. To the contrary, a "FULL<->FULL" route can drastically increase expenditure. However, economic analysis of actual figures for 2010-2015 indicate that benefits for Mokpo - Jeju direction are significant to cover losses on the Jeju - Mokpo line. Seasonal patterns and mixing percentages of foldable and standard containers on the route, may also produce cost-effective solutions. Sensitivity analysis reveals that benefits from using foldable containers, depend mostly on empty container shares in addition to various extra costs.

Causal Relationship Between Indian Ports' Originated Container Traffic and Total Transshipments of Port of Colombo: A Granger Causality Analysis

  • Bandara, Sooriya;Ryoo, Dong-Keun;Ahn, Ki-Myung
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.42 no.5
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    • pp.357-364
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    • 2018
  • Colombo noticeably became the most economical gateway to the Indian subcontinent, in terms of cost as well as time. The Colombo Port Expansion Project (CPEP) started commencement with the purpose of accommodating mega ships, under the long-term strategies of making Colombo the hub of South Asia. In this context, the purpose of this study is to investigate the causal relationship between Indian ports' originated container traffic, and total transshipments of the port of Colombo, and also to identify the nature of the causality between the two variables, evaluating Granger causality test results. It finds unidirectional causality from total transshipments of Colombo to Indian ports' originated transshipments in the port of Colombo. It suggested that ongoing port expansion projects, opening up for new markets and attracting new shipping lines in the port of Colombo, have generated significant impact on Indian ports' container traffic, via the port of Colombo. Findings would be valuable for future forecasting of container traffic in Colombo port and the policy-making process in the port as well.

A Study on the Motion of a Single Point Moored Ship in Irregular Waves (불규칙파중 1점계류 선바의 거동해석에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Seung-Keon;Jo, Hyo-Jae;Kang, Dong-Hoon
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.55-61
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    • 2003
  • The maneuvering equations of motion are derived to express the motion of a ship. The wave forces in the time domain analysis are generated from the frequency transfer function calculated by 3-D source distribution method. The linear wave forces whose periods are equal to those of incident waves and the nonlinear wave forces that make long period drift forces are computed for the simulation. The consideration of irregular waves and nonlinear wave force effects on the slew motion are carried on the analyzing the motion of ship in the regular and irregular waves.

Comparative Efficiency of Container Ports in Vietnam and Korea

  • Ly, Pham Thi Hoai;Ahn, Ki-Myung;Ryoo, Dong-Keun
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.143-152
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    • 2018
  • Currently, there are very few papers that have examined the efficiency of Vietnamese ports. Of those that have, some of them take into account only a few container ports in Northern Vietnam. Others focus on comparing all types of ports in Vietnam with regard to the differences in efficiency scores when applying different methods to evaluate efficiency. However, there is no paper that specifically analyzes the efficiency of Vietnamese container ports throughout the country or that compares Vietnamese container ports with those of other countries in terms of efficiency. In order to provide more accurate and interesting information for container port authorities, in this study, 21 major Vietnamese container ports and seven major Korean container ports are selected and examined with regard to their levels of efficiency in 2016 using data envelopment analysis (DEA). This paper applies both constant return to scale (CRS) and variable return to scale (VRS) to explore the differences among overall technical efficiency, pure technical efficiency, and scale efficiency of the selected container ports. This study also indicate slacks and sets projections for inefficient ports.

Study on the Transport Reliability Concerning Risks Scenarios (위험사건(Risk)발생 시나리오를 고려한 운송 신뢰성 연구)

  • Kim, Eun-Ji;Ganbat, Enkhtsetseg;Kim, Hwan-seong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.256-257
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    • 2015
  • The trend of globalization and the development of the communication-Information technology not only complexified the supply chain, but also, led to the needs of the high quality of logistics service for customers. I t defines risks that can occur in truck transport under unexpected situation with Fault Tree Analysis(FTA) and calculates failure rate concerning relationship between each risks. Based on the 4 kinds of middle failure events that defined in FTA, Reliability function which is regarded about risks sequentiality and time flow is resulted in. I t is meaningful that it calculates reliability of logistics and transportation system with engineering methodology.

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A Study on the Reduction Analysis of the Response of the Mega-Float Offshore Structure in Regular Wave (1st Report) (대형 부류해양구조물의 파낭중 응답의 저감해석에 관한 연구(제1보))

  • 박성현;박석주
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Navigation
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.85-95
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    • 2000
  • In the country where the population concentrates in the metropolis with the narrow land, development of the ocean space is necessary. Recently, mega-float offshore structure has been studied as one of the effective utilization of the ocean space. And very large floating structures are now being considered for various applications such as floating airports, offshore cities and so on. This very large structure is relatively flexible compared with real floating structures like large ships. when we estimate dynamic responses of these structures in waves, the elastic deformation is important, because vertical dimension is small compared with horizontal. And it is necessary to examine the effect of ocean wave external force received from the natural environment. In this study, the mat-type large floating structure is made to be analytical model. And the analysis of the dynamic response as it receives regular wave is studied. The finite element method is used in the analysis of structural section of this model. And the analysis is carried out using the boundary element method in the fluid division. The validity of analysis method is verified in comparison with the experimental result in the Japan Ministry of Transport Ship Research Institution. In order to know the characteristics of the dynamic response of the large floating structures, effects of wavelength, bending rigidity of the structure, water depth, and wave direction on dynamic response of the floating structure are studied by use of numerical calculation.

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Performance Analysis of Acquisition Methods for DGPS Reference Receiver under Noisy Environment

  • Park, Sang-Hyun;Cho, Deuk-Jae;Suh, Sang-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • v.2
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    • pp.107-112
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    • 2006
  • The previous acquisition method of GPS receiver for reference station adopts not only the coherent integration method but also the non-coherent integration method in order to enhance sensitivity under noisy environment. However, under noisy environment, the previous GPS signal acquisition method causes the non-coherent integration loss which is a major factor among losses that can be caused during GPS signal acquisition. The non-coherent integration loss also increases with the strength of the received noise. This paper has intention of analyzing the performance of the GPS signal acquisition method proposed to effectively enhance sensitivity of DGPS reference receiver under noisy environment. This paper presents that the proposed GPS signal acquisition method suppresses the non-coherent integration loss through post-processing simulation. Furthermore, with regard to the mean acquisition time, it is shown that the number of search cells of the proposed GPS signal acquisition method is much fewer than that of the previous GPS signal acquisition method.

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A Study of the Control System on the Manta-type UUV (만타형 UUV의 제어기 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hyeong-Dong;Kim, Joon-Young;Kim, Si-Hong;Lee, Seung-Keon
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.359-363
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, automatic control system for the Manta UUV are constructed for the diving and steering maneuver. PID controller and Fuzzy controller are adopted in this system. Based on the 6DOF dynamic equation, simulation program has been developed using the Matlab. Using this program, depth control system and heading control system with tidal current are evaluated.

Reliability Based on Robust Design Optimization of Tension Mooring Unit Considered Marine Circumstance Condition (해양 환경조건을 고려한 긴장계류장치의 신뢰성 기반 강건설계 최적화)

  • Oh, Young-Cheol;Kang, Byoung-Mo;Ko, Jae-Yong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2013.06a
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    • pp.120-121
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    • 2013
  • Recently, our country is to be diversification a leisure activity and tourism form by income level rise and traffic circumstance improvement. But Basic facilities expropriated these leisure activities have built an insufficient condition. Also, Building a facility, Introduced tools and materials import the whole quantity. Therefore, In this paper, it builds a tension mooring unit to use EPDM and Kevlar R29 and it develops a domestic marine circumstance through reliability based on robust design. It contributes to marine leisure culture activation and industry development.

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Arab Sea Trade with the Far East and the Mediterranean in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries (8-9세기 해로의 활성화와 지중해 해상교역)

  • Jeong, Moon-Soo
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.345-354
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    • 2002
  • The Sea road which is connected from the Gulf of Persia to Canton was completed by Arabs in the end of the eighth century. For the first time in history, the amount of goods by the sea route exceeds land route. In contrast with the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean was a sea of peace. Its western shores were under Muslim control, thus we find in this age a great expansion of commerce on the Indian Ocean. We trace the sea route to China in use in the middle of the ninth century. Also we find out that the outstanding feature of the medieval Arab ship of Indian Ocean are two: the manner in which planks of the hull sewn together, not nailed; and the fore-and-aft set of the sails.