지역항만으로서의 울산신항 발전전략

Abstract

The port of Busan and Gwangyang are hub ports of South Korea which are necessary to restructure their development policy. To measure development scale of a container terminal, various features must be considered. For example, complementary role of ports has a great ripple effect on local economy and employment.

Ulsan, the largest industrial city of South Korea plays an important role in the national economy and the port of Ulsan as a gateway of the city also takes a critical part of the region. Furthermore, Ulsan Port is located in the vicinity Busan port and with its continuous needs for shipping from the industrial part of the city, the port can meet requirements to become a successful port. Besides, it is required to strengthen the network between local ports and hub ports and establish the competitive characteristics of export and production route from and to the hinterland. Especially, it is important to develop hinterland by the right positioning of local ports to ensure competitive cost and needs regarding co-opetition among local ports.

Hereby, this study reviews existing quantitative analysis and compare the results and try to take advantage of each studies to enhance the new port development strategy. Furthermore, case analysis which can be applied to the development of Ulsan new port and logistic simulation is also reviewed in this thesis.