광양항 비즈니스 모델 개발을 위한 북극항로 화물 선택과제

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to present a priority among cargo types in case of establishment of the Northern Sea Route that connects to Gwangyang Port. These days, many countries are trying to develop the Arctic Ocean. The reason is the icebergs of the Northern sea routs have been thawing because of global warming. Under this circumstance, North Pole Route, especially Northern Sea Route (NSR) would become the most notable route which will create several benefits including economic profit. Also, it would be the next generation's trade route that connects Europe and Asia. This study analyzed the distance reduction rates of the NSR compared to the Suez routes: which is the major route for transporting the four major energy sources ofKorea: natural gas, oil, coal, and iron ore. This study is focused on collecting data on shipping company, shipper, operational company, government agency, and freight target party and used Fuzzy-AHP in order to analyze the priority. Due to the global warming, polar ice caps at the Arctic Ocean have been melting rapidly. Naturally, therefore, many countries are paying attention to this environmental change. The accurate number varies, but many studies have pointed out that the northern sea route would become a desirable route due to commercial reasons in 20/30 years. These facts indicate that people would be able to use this new route more than hundred days per year in the near future. Hence, not to miss this great opportunity, this paper analyzes the priority on cargos which are assorted by category such as: profitability, stability, correspondence, urgency, and prospective. By analyzing relative importance, correspondenceand urgency ranked at the top by recording 27.43%. Correspondence was 22.7% and profitability was 20.7% and prospective was 15.4%. Stability was 13.8%. A priority on cargo types that assorted by total weight indicates an alternative plan. Bulk cargo ranked at the top (42.9%) and Container cargo(28.7%) came second. Fluid cargo(28.4) was third (27.2%). Consequently, according to this research, the main criterion on Gwangyang port in the case of the northern sea route should be bulk cargo. Although this research has been completed, further study is required. First of all, several details on cargos' profitability, stability, correspondence, urgency, and prospective are based on the Gwangyang port. Therefore, additional study that focused on the Arctic route will be required such as distance, merits and demerits, and unique qualities. Second, analysis of the components can be modified defend on the purpose of the varied studies. However, this study has limited it for analysis on the business model for the Gwangyang port in case of development of the Northern sea route.