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A Study on the Strategies for Promoting Rail Container Transportation in Honam Area (호남권 철도 컨테이너 수송의 활성화 방안 연구)

  • Park, Mi-Ran;Choi, Chang-Ho;Lee, Yong-Sang;Park, Dong-Joo
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.1765-1768
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    • 2009
  • Honam area is one of the under-industrial areas in Korea and because of this it has low weight in the total container transportation in Korea. Also the railway distance from honam area to the main container ports like Busan port and Gwangyang port is so short that the portion of rail container transportation occupies about 10 percent in total container transportation amount in Honam area. But on the contrary of those situations, 1st step Jangsung inland container depot (ICD) was finished as one of the main logistics facilities in Korea and 2nd Jangsung inland container depot is under construction. To promote rail container transportation in Honam area which has shortage of container transportation demand, it is necessary to give adequate transport service to the client. So, this research studied some methods for promoting rail container transportation in Honam area. The subject of survey is freight agent and survey items are selected to find the present situation of rail container transportation in Honam area. And from the survey results various strategies will be suggested to promote rail container transportation in Honam area.

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A Study on the Assigning Track of Freight Trains in a Rail Container Terminal (철도 터미널 화물열차 작업선배정에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kyung-Min;Park, Bum-Hwan;Kim, Dong-Hee;Hong, Soon-Heum
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.1209-1214
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    • 2010
  • In these days, rail container service is being more important because it has relatively simple network. In addition, small lot sizes of shipment, frequent shipment, and demand for flexible service are important characteristics in rail container transportation. Efficient container operation at terminals is important in reducing transportation costs and load/unload time. This paper describes the assigning track of freight trains in the railway freight terminal. The paper addresses the operational requirements and facility restrictions to construct a mathematical model for track assignment. In addition, it suggests several types of objectives for the model.

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Development and Evaluation of Pick-Up and Delivery Strategy of Container Truck at Rail-Road Transshipment Terminal (철도연계터미널에서의 컨테이너 집배송전략의 개발과 평가)

  • Jeong, Seung-Ju
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.51-60
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    • 2005
  • Rail-road intermodal freight transport is a transoortation system that rail and road transport are utilized between origins and destinations. The roles of road(truck) in rail-road intermodal freight transport are pick-up and delivery that are keys parts of total transportation process. The objective of this study is to develop and evaluate the pick-up and delivery strategies for container trucks in order to increase their productivity. Two different strategies are developed : One is aimed for minimizing the total traveling distance of container and the other is to reduce the waiting time at client site. The comparative studies are performed on the actual network of Paris metropolitan. The simulation analysis shows that the proposed strategies are quite efficient in various performance measures.

A study on the promotion for rail transport in Ui-Wang ICD (의왕ICD 철도수송 활성화 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Uk-Lae;Jang, Seong-Yong
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.2359-2373
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    • 2008
  • In 1991, Korean government decided to establish the Inland Container Depot for activating transportation of rail freight container and encourage the effectiveness of intermodal transport system. Therefore, the Ui-Wang ICD has been built in Kyonggi province and began to operate in 1993. However, Despite of original purpose of the Inland Container Depot, rail freight volume at public CY(Container Yard) in Ui-Wang ICD has been recorded very low. This paper deals with the promotion strategy for rail transport in Ui-Wang ICD. The relationship of conflicts between the rail-oriented transporters and road-oriented transporters in Ui-Wang ICD have been found through the TOC thinking process and some solutions are suggested. Some undesirable effects in operation of Ui-Wang ICD are listed and current reality tree(CRT) has been established and future reality tree(FRT) which includes some injections to active the rail transport in ICD has been recommended based on CRT. In order to make good solutions the situation in Busan-jin station ICD known as similar to Ui-Wang ICD has been analyzed.

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A Study on the Resistance Factors about Modal Shift of Container Transport by Land: Focusing on the Transfer Nodes between Truck Links and Freight Train Links (컨테이너 육상운송의 모달 쉬프트 저항요인 평가 연구: 공로링크와 철도링크의 환적노드를 중심으로)

  • Choi, Chang-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.17-30
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    • 2012
  • This study analyzes the basic characteristics needed for motivating modal shift from truck to rail. The object of the study is to consider the resistance factor for container transported inland and the object point is the transfer node where modal shift occurs. The main contents of the study are as follows. First, the study looks at what shippers, engaged in inland transport of container, think of current transfer node environment. From this, the study analyzes what resistance factors are attributable to the lack of motivation in modal shift from truck to rail. Second, the study estimates mode choice models in which the resistance factors at transfer node are applied. Also by using this, the study draws out elasticities, and analyzes characteristics of resistantance factors in modal shift. Third, as its result, the study suggests methods to promote modal-shifting container transport from truck to rail.

Determining Values of Design Parameters for a Rail Transportation Terminal in a Container Port (컨테이너 항만의 철도 운송 터미널 설계변수 결정)

  • Jeong, Bong-Joo;Lee, Byung-Kwon;Kim, Kap-Hwan;Seo, Jung-Hun;Park, Soon-Oh
    • IE interfaces
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.469-478
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    • 2007
  • Rail transportation terminals play an important role in inland transportation systems, because the operation productivity in the terminals significantly influences the efficiency of the whole transportation systems. This paper addresses a design method of a real rail terminal that satisfies a pre-specified throughput capacity. In order to construct high performance rail terminal, it is shown how design parameters can be estimated systematically. Examples of the design parameters are the number of transshipment tracks, the number of rail cranes, and the number of internal trucks. These design parameters are estimated by using simple equations and the validity of the values of these parameters are tested by using simulation. Furthermore, some iterative correction procedure, which uses the simulation technique and the equations alternately, are proposed.

A Study on the Expansion of the Facility of Port Rail Depot (항만 철송장 시설규모 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Yun, Dong-Hee;Lee, Sang-Myoung;Lee, Yong-Sang
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.3256-3263
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    • 2011
  • Large scaled railway freight transportation facilities in harbors are located in Busan port and Gwangyang port. The port rail depot plays an important role as the departure and destination function of railway logistics. However, presently, it is not relatively vitalized because it is not reflect the railway freight transportation's characteristics such as scale of railway tracks or yards area. In addition, even if port rail depot is vitalized, processing capacity is already saturated. Therefore, it is difficult to increase rail transport quantity. To activate railway container transportation business, it is very necessary to recalculate the facility size of port rail depots. Focused on the Busan new port rail depot, this paper analyzes the problems of port rail depot facility that has currently opened and finds some alternatives to resolve them.

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Developing Sea-Ground Cargo Linkages for Facilitating Coastal Transportations (연안운송의 활성화를 위한 연계체계 구축방안에 관한 연구)

  • Ha, Hun-Koo;Min, Jung-Ung
    • Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.19-33
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    • 2006
  • The efficiency and effectiveness of freight transportation within and across Northeast Asia playa key role to achieve competitive advantages against other competing hubs in this area. However, the majority of local freight has been carried by ground transportation and the share of costal shipping has been decreasing for its transportational complexity and poor cargo works. In this paper, we discuss the prerequisites of efficient cargo linkage system from the perspectives of road, rail, ocean, and the service providers. Specifically, we identify that the balanced capacity of road/rail transportation system with costal freight system is a crucial component for facilitating coastal shipping. Other requirements such as the efficient on-dock container yard (ODCY), dedicated ports and ships, and the service provider of door-to-door transportation for short sea shipping are highlighted in order to secure the serviceability and availability of streamlined costal shipping. Further, we elaborate these requirements to facilitate costal cargo shipping in Korea.

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On the Effect of Sea Borne Cargo Movement to Urban Transportation in the Pusan Port -Container Transport Oriented- (부산 항만물동량이 도시교통에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 - 컨테이너 화물 운송을 중심으로 -)

  • Yang, Won;Lee, Cheol-Yeong
    • Journal of Korean Port Research
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.3-20
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    • 1990
  • The Port of Pusan, the largest port in Korea, handled 23% of total sea borne cargo movement, 14% of imported cargo, 58% of exported cargo and 95% of container cargo in 1989. Also the port of Pusan has been played a key role in handing container cargo throughout the last 10 years. The paper is aimed to survey the effect of sea borne cargo movement to urban transportation, that is, to find traffic volume arising by general/bulk cargoes through the port and to estimate vehicle rated of container tractor tailer on the roads between terminal including conventional piers and ODCY, and finally the following results are obtained. (1) AADV of truck to transport general/bulk cargoes are 6,322 units in 1989,and routes penetrate into the center of city and pass through the most of urban arterials. (2) In the container transport, if HVEF is adopted to 3 of tractor trailer, AVR in each transport freeway 13.7%. (3) IF HVEF is adopted to 6 of tractor trailer. AVR are as follows: BooDoo-Ro 44.1%, WooAm-Ro 39.3%, SooYoung-Ro 17.8%, Urban freeway 20.3%. Based upon these results, the following suggestions were drawn : o ODCY scattered around the city should be unified in a few groups to raise port productivity. o Rail service for inland container transportation should be escalated to relieve urban traffic congestion. o Coastal feeder service between terminal and hinterland should be studied to restrict the penetration of container tractor trailer into the central parts in the urban areas. o Exclusive freeway system for effective container transportation should be implemented to reduce urban traffic delay.

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New Conceptual Handling Systems in Container Terminals

  • Kim, Kap Hwan;Phan, Mai-Ha Thi;Woo, Youn Ju
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.299-309
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    • 2012
  • This paper introduces some of the developments related to the handling equipment in container terminals and various new conceptual handling systems that have been proposed during the last several decades. The basic ideas behind the previous equipment improvements are analyzed to identify future directions that can be used for devising new handling systems. The handling systems in the container terminals include a quayside handling system, transport system, and yard system. In response to the deployment of mega-sized vessels for container transportation systems, productivity improvement has become one of the most urgent issues in the container terminals. This paper analyzes the previous improvements made for achieving higher productivity in the three subsystems of container handling. Some conceptual handling systems are introduced including the linear motor conveyance system (LMCS), automated storage and retrieval systems (AR/RS), overhead grid rail (GRAIL), SPEEDPORT, SuperDock, the automated container system by ZPMC (ACS-ZPMC), and AUTOCON.