The management efficiency of the fleet adjustment and the various dimension including the ship sale, lay-up, early return of chartered vessel to owner and etc. are groped for the improving management condition and financial structure while shipping companies face the liquidity crisis due to the seaborne trade reduction be caused by the global economic downturn and world trade shrinkage from financial crisis.
In 2009, after the second half, marine transportation market is showing a recovery but, in the real recover the long term is expected for the ship oversupply and the uncertainty of world economy,
In this kind of situation, the GA (Grand Alliance) determined to deploy dedicated feeder & transshipment for transport to NCE (Far East North America East Cost Service) & CCX (Far East North America West Coast Service) Container from to north china. Thus, Major liner route 'NCE' & 'CCX' fleet did not call at the north china port.
This determines make the environment in which it is possible for slow steaming which continues to the shortening of a route and reduction of the calling port, there is the cost-cutting effect of the operating cost.
Therefore, the object of this study is as follows.
First, the relation between the world economy market conditions and shipping economy market conditions is considered.
Second, The GA according to the rapid environmental change of the marine transportation market and the related case and preceding research about the plan for reaction of the other shipping companies be considered.
Third, it tries case analysis under the high oil price and the excess of bottoms situation about the ship additional deploy for the slow steaming up to most economical speed and the economic effect of transshipment based on the actual cost and decision-making toward the application plan of the surplus ship which on the basis of this shipping company possesses tries to be supported.
As a result of analyzing one case as the port of transshipment at Busan and the Dedicated Feeder input in 'NCE' 'CCX' route that is the route of GA, the distance, calling port, and average service speed were reduced.
In 2009, in case of calculating 52 weeks with 1,275.82 circle, that is the sale standard exchange rate on average, with the Ton party 395.49 USD, that is the HFO average price on average, in 2009 the cost which is on using the Dedicated feeder with transshipment at Busan can reduce 12,922,702,780 WON rather than the additional ship deploy for each service lane.
This study was proved to see the cost-cutting effect of the ship operating cost which is similar to the ship deploy for each service lane through the additional deploy and appropriate container transshipment of the feeder ship not being the ship deploy for each service lane. And It will be able to be used as another business strategy in the increase of the current seaborne trade and the reduction of the surplus ship and high oil price period.