This study is to establish the development direction of automated container terminal in Korea through considering container terminal automation which has been lively discussed in and out of Korea.
This study analyzed current situation of advanced automated terminal and difficulties in development to derive success factors for automated container terminal implementation from case studies, reviewed automation technology status including on-going development status in Korea and suggested the development direction of automated container terminals in Korea by considering productivity, investment cost, integrated technology development, balanced development of H/W and S/W technologies and technology development for operation as success factors for implementation of automated container terminal in Korea.