An analysis on the Feasibility of Busan Container Transshipment by Barge service

Cho, Boo-Lai; Choi, Man-Ki; Shin, Yong-John

Journal of Navigation and Port Research 2010;34(5):397-404.
Published online June 30, 2010.

부산항 환적컨테이너의 바지선 운송 타당성 분석

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An analysis on the Feasibility of Busan Container Transshipment by Barge service

Boo-Lai Cho, Man-Ki Choi, Yong-John Shin

Abstract

The Currently, most cargos of container transshipment between Busan Port and New Port are transported over land, and the rest is transported by barge. This study estimated firstly the traffic between those ports through simulations in order to analyze the feasibility of container transshipment by barge. It forecasted annual profitability using determinants to affect on the barge business by the traffic, and then, discussed the feasibility. This study supposed the flexible scenarios with 50%, 60%, 80%, or 100% transshipment and the 25 monthly barge service numbers between two ports, and measured the influences of different factors according to the above various scenarios. And then the sales were evaluated by the different traffics and freights scenarios provided the business would be actually operated. Finally, Net incomes were simulated to analyze the feasibility of different scenarios by various traffics and freights. The net income should be positive to get the feasibility. To achieve this, the minimum traffic should be secured and the lowest freight per TEU should be determined. While all countries of the world is controlling CO2 emissions and emphasizes the green logistics, this study contributed to solve at the same time the problems about the pollution and the efficiency of transportation by reviewing positively the feasibility of barge transportation as an alternative to transportation overland.

Key Words: barge Transportation;container transshipment between Busan Port and New Port; analyzing the feasibility;simulations analysis