냉동 컨테이너 모니터링 시스템 분석

Abstract

Volume of reefer container has been increasing rapidly in international trade thanks to the increasing demand of fresh food products in line with changing of consumers’ pattern. Accordingly, increasing attention has been paid to the performance of reefer containers and at the same time to the technology to maintain an appropriate temperature for the commodities inside containers. Particularly reefer container monitoring systems have been paid much more attention than ever before.

For temperature sensitive commodities, due to their inherent characteristics, it is very important to take an appropriate measures at the beginning stage when the reefer containers get some problems. The limitations of current monitoring systems, however, make it hard for operators to take required measures in short time period.

This study, therefore, aims at analysing the characteristics of reefer containers breakdown through the analysis of field date gathered from several shipping companies running the monitering systems. For this the volume of reefer containers together with the facilities for accmodating reefer containers in Busan port, major reefer container monitering systems implemented currently in Busan port and literature on this issue are considered.