A Study on the Linkage of Railroad & Shipping to Strengthen Logistics Competitiveness in Korea

초록

Due to the logistics cost is a major component of national competitiveness, the efficient freight transportation by multimodal transport to save transportation cost and time is needed. This paper deals with the efficient linkage of railroad and shipping to save the logistics cost and improve the national competitiveness in Korea. First of all, the operation status of train-ferry in Europe and China and the trade status of Korea, Japan and China are discussed. The northeast Asian logistics system which linked railroad and shipping is recommended for Korea to play an important role as logistics hub in northeast Asia, to cut down logistics cost and to reinforce national competitiveness. The train-ferry system will contribute to revitalize the freight transportation by railroad and develop the multimodal logistics system.