DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR SHARING CONTAINER TERMINAL RESOURCES: A CASE STUDY OF THE GAMMAN CONTAINER TERMINAL

It is an important matter closely connected with saving logistics costs, as well as encouraging national competitive power, to improve the productivity of container terminals by efficient utilization of container terminal resources. This paper suggests a conceptual model for sharing container terminal resources, taking as a case study, the Gamman Container Terminal (GCT) in the port of Pusan, Korea. In so doing, it identifies what kinds of resources can be systematically shared from the viewpoint of their common use and draws some problems resulting from terminal operation by four operators at GCT. The model does not imply the conception that each terminal has its own resources individually, but recommends that a Container Terminal Resource Management Center (CTRMC) should be established and operated in order to save operation and investment costs and improve operational efficiency. In addition , the continuous acquisition and life-cycle support (CALS) concept is embedded in the model so that it can control the supply and demand of resources efficiently by sharing the database, through which the CTRMC can automatically identify the status of the excess or deficit of a certain resource in each berth at GCT.

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  Taylor & Francis

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• Authors:
  • Yi, D W
  • KIM, S H
  • Choi, H R
  • Park, N-K
  • Lee, T-W
• Publication Date: 2000-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 155-167
• Serial:
  • Maritime Policy & Management
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0308-8839
  • EISSN: 1464-5254
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tmpm20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Berth utilization; Cargo handling; Case studies; Computer network resources; Container terminals; Databases; Demand; Investments; Logistics; Management; Mathematical models; Operating costs; Operations research; Optimization; Ports; Productivity; Resource allocation; Resource utilization; Supply; Terminal operations; Workforce
• Identifier Terms: Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support; Gamman Container Terminal
• Geographic Terms: Pusan (Korea)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00792444
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 2000 12:00AM