No.39
| Special Edition "Revitalize Domestic Shipping and Harbors" | March 20, 2002 |
| ● | More Cargoes for Domestic Shipping and Harbors Masayoshi KUBO Professor, Kobe University of Mercantile Marine Doctor of Engineering |
| ● | Crisis and Structural Change in Domestic Shipping Kuniji KOSE Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University |
| ● | New Harbor Strategy of the City of Kitakyushu Koichi SUEYOSHI Mayor, City of Kitakyushu |
More Cargoes for Domestic Shipping and Harbors
Masayoshi KUBOProfessor, Kobe University of Mercantile Marine Doctor of Engineering
So far as domestic shipping and harbors in our country, which are on the down slope, are concerned, at the moment all that is required is by exploiting new cargo. One should keep an eye on the main distribution of goods as new cargo to increase transport demand of domestic shipping freight but the development of various laws is also required to allow the opening of harbors and ocean shipping.
Crisis and Structural Change in Domestic Shipping
Kuniji KOSEProfessor, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University
To promote domestic shipping, which has been in crisis proportions, consider the importance of structural changes in the domestic shipping industry as in changes in the operating system such as the introduction of one man operation, introduction of an economical logistical network and return from voyage loaded, economical connection with land transportation at loading and unloading ports.
New Harbor Strategy of the City of Kitakyushu
Koichi SUEYOSHIMayor, City of Kitakyushu
Due to a change in industrial structure and a slumping economy, how to make sluggish coastal areas into active districts is an issue in future urban renewal. The City of Kitakyushu, which is starting to move toward the solution, introduces two strategic projects.