An Analysis of Logistics Costs for the Export & Import Containers in Japanese West Regional Port

Song, Yong-Seo; Nam, Ki-Chan

Journal of Navigation and Port Research 2009;33(6):415-421.
Published online August 30, 2009.

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An Analysis of Logistics Costs for the Export & Import Containers in Japanese West Regional Port

Yong-Seo Song, Ki-Chan Nam

Abstract

Recently, the volume of transshipment containers in Busan Port ms been declining significantly and domestic ports' throughput is shown far below the projected one. Accordingly, the national port development plan made to capture the sharply increasing demand in the past seems to be subject to an amendment， and inducing port container traffic becomes a key issue. In such situation this paper aims at analysing the effect of logistics cost saving when Japanese import and export containers are transshipped in Busan port. For this we developed 3 scenarios for the movement of containers through the major container ports in western cost of Japan， analysed logistics costs together with cost savings and finally derived some implication for inducing the containers to Busan Port.

Key Words: Transshipment cargo;Origin and Destination(O/D);Logistics costs;Scenario analysis;Port