Strategy for Maximization of the North Shipping Route(NSR) Effects by Formulating Regional Port-Industry Clusters

The development of shipping technology and fierceness of port competition brought various development of shipping and port networks in the Northeast Asian region. Tramp shipping networks changed into liner shipping networks and Hub & Spoke systems transferred into Multi Order Network Systems (MONS). Recently as the feasibility of the North Shipping Route (NSR)'s usage increased, the importance of the Pan East-Sea Economy Region has been receiving new attention. As well as the shipping network on the Mediterranean Sea, which led the Renaissance in Europe, the Pan East-Sea Economy Region's meaning is hoped to be reinterpreted as the East Asia Mediterranean. It is because of the possibility that the region could be the new center has also grown, since the feasibility of the NSR's commercial use has increased. One of the recent important trends in the transport and logistics field is the development of the Intermodalism. In the future this trend will be further enforced. Consequently the regional development strategy using the full scale of the NSR effect should be found from the Intermodalism perspective. From the Intermodalism point of view, the passive transport and logistics functions just connect each developed area, whereas the active transport and logistics functions lead to the development of the new area. The reason why the Intermodalism has to be quoted at this point is that passive transport and logistics functions are changing active as time passes. If a stupendous revolution like the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal, and the NSR, happens it will accelerate this transition. Additionally, this study proposes several strategies for the North East Asia. One of them is the Port & Industry Cluster's development, which will maximize the added value of the region.