The ship management industry which had flourished through the crew management for a while fail to enhance its competitive edge in terms of business scale as per rising wage for national crews, however as per recent increase of world fleet, it does start to steam up the industry again. The major hindrance of this positive change or flow is that national ship management industry has been still limited by the categories of crew management with small and medium-sized business. Since the mid-2000s, nation' s leading companies have begun to establish its own subsidiary ship management companies to break this structural vulnerability, but it is also confined to in-house business only. Meanwhile, the government has been establishing new policies and putting into practice them which including ship management with improved services to accomplish its strategic target of top global 5 countries in the domain of maritime business by 2020, besides other nation' s ship management company has been keeping pace with this stream improved services to accomplish its strategic target of top global 5 countries in the domain of maritime business by 2020, besides other nation' s ship management company has been keeping pace with this stream
Thus this study is intended to suggest several methods and measures to leap into global level of ship management through the plan research of developing domestic ship management industry and penetrating into foreign market as a long term point of view.
As a methodology of this study, the analysis of internal and external environmental factors, such as world seaborne trade, world fleet increment, world crew market and other remarkable statistics and prediction of the future market trend as well, is being thoroughly conducted. In addition to said ahead, the studies on current status of global leading ship management companies, particularly their business domain, core competences, human resources, ship management system and the comparison of other governor issues were carried out.
Upon in-depth research, this study shows the strategic way of approach or penetration to the world ship management industry and suggests several measures as like securing human resources, utilization and enhancement of their competences, procuring potential customers and investment system in relation to ship finance and establishing world wide strongholds as a way of extending its business abroad.