A Study on the Suggestion of A Basis Direction for the Development of Ship Management Industries in Korea

Korea is the world s seventh largest shipping country, the world s No.1 shipbuilding country and leading the world in IoT industries, which the ship management industry has sufficient and favorable conditions for development, but it has not been completed so far. The Korea has abundant maritime human resources. And it has the infrastructure to run the shipping company, and is ready to accept changes in the shipping industry by the fourth industrial revolution. The reason why, Korea needs to foster and develop ship management industry should be optional. This is because the main driving force for Korea s industry is abundant human resources based on technology. the ship management industry is a technology-based service industry based on ships. Therefore, human resources with technical operational skills are essential. To the development of ship management industry it should be supported are a few key elements. The scale-up of ship management industry is considered to be the biggest factor for ship owners in charge of ships, and this scale-up is the most oriented element because it has a virtuous cycle structure in the circulation structure. The actual management of ships is in the hands of superintendents, so their capacity building is important. And It is important to change the aspects of ship management marketing. In this paper, several improvement measures are proposed for the development of the Korea ship management industries as follow. There is diversification of ship management expert training, strengthening role and functions of the Korea Ship Managers Association, use of excellent ship management company certification system, marketing strategy and influence and response of the fourth industrial revolution of the maritime field.