The Development Strategy for Korea Ports to be a World Leading Player in Global Logistics

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· 발행기관 : 한국물류학회
· 수록지 정보 : 물류학회지 / 19권 / 4호 / 141 ~ 165페이지
· 저자명 : 김진구, 김종성

초록

As the focus of the shipping/port market in global logistics and supply chain management (LSCM) has been transferring Europe to Asia, the competition among ports in East Asia where is the center of foreign trade in Asia has become more and more fierce. As this glocalization has changed the structure of the world economy, shipping/port logistics has responded to the challenges arising from the environmental changes of global logistics. To initiate a new strategic planning to be an occupant of the global logistics hub bases is a prerequisite to cope with every rival port in the world. Hence, ports orienting to be a world leading player of today must be specialized in shipping/port logistics and ICT which are the key for the promotion of world trade.
The empirical results of Gim's series of studies on global ports' competitiveness show Busan in the middle among subject ports. Busan Port ranked third in 2002 when it was in the peak of the hub port competition in the world based on the container throughput. Since then, it has ranked fifth based on the container throughput of 1,345TEU by the end of 2008 following Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen. However, Busan New Port(BNP) under the current world economic crisis has been on the downturn in the existing two port system. But on the other hand, Korea's ports have been at a crisis that can be further overtaken by the rival ports of China that have been on the upturn.
For Korea's ports to overcome this, the existing two port system should be modified to be revitalized as a united port that can function as a port group or further to the cluster in order to be a world top-class hub port in a global port competition. This can be accomplished in terms of 'one port with two terminal operating system within the same boundary' in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. The system can be differentiated according to the functions in each port's operation and management in consideration of comparative advantages.
This study aims to establish the strategy of development for Korea's ports to be a global leading player in the sky-high competitive world of shipping/port logistics focusing on Busan New Port(BNP) and suggest some alternative measures to cope with the cutthroat competition among global rival ports, especially in the East Asian region.
The research method used in this paper is an integrated approach. This combines the development s paprategic theory in the oldest military treatise in the world of 'Sun Tzu on the Art of War' and its application to the analysis of today's dynamic management enveaonment and the internal co-opetition approach of BNP and the external entremental approach of the existing two ports.
The great achievement of this paper is to put to practical use of the integrated approach that combines the theory and practice ultimately contributing to Korea's economic development through the enhanced competitiveness of BNP under the current world economic crisis.

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