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What is Mobile Harbor? What is Mobile Harbor?

Novel maritime transport solution that can connect a large containership anchored

in the open sea and ports with shallow water

Large Containership

Draft 15m Shallow or Congested port

• Execute high speed loading and unloading in the wavy

open sea

• Deploy original, advanced technologies

Large Containership

Draft 15m Shallow or Congested port

Large Containership

Draft 15m Shallow or Congested port

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Economy of scale leads to increasing number of mega containerships

Expansion of Panama canal expedites the trend

Global container volume increases by ~8% a year

Required handling capacity expansion is 4-5 Busan Ports

Motivation (1) Motivation (1)

Continued increase

in global container shippingRise of supersized

containerships

Effective service for large containerships

Increased importance of transshipment cargo handling

Need for enhanced port capacity and capability

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Global container volume(in million TEU)

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Environmental damage by port construction

National security

CO2 from massive Overland transportation

Prohibitively large SOC Investment

Mobile Harbor

Motivation (2) Motivation (2)

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Immediate Market Candidate Immediate Market Candidate

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EUROPE ASIA

S. AMERICA

OCEANIA

AFRICA

N. AMERICA

• Limitation in port expansion

• Shallow water

• Undeveloped port infrastructrure

• Port congestion

• Panama Canal region

• Limitation in port expansion

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Mobile Harbor Product Line Mobile Harbor Product Line

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• Product lines to satisfy diverse needs of individual ports

• Transfer unit and loading unit Integrated (A type) & Separated (B

type)

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Mobile Harbor Product Line Mobile Harbor Product Line

• Technically most challenging system (stabilization, loading/unloading)

• Economical size (small capacity, short range)

• Access to shallow water including river, strait

• Technically most challenging system (stabilization, loading/unloading)

• Economical size (small capacity, short range)

• Access to shallow water including river, strait

A1-250

• Stable, high-speed container handling (plural cranes onboard)

• Serves 8,000~10,000TEU containerships within 48hr

• Mid-to-long range transport

• Stable, high-speed container handling (plural cranes onboard)

• Serves 8,000~10,000TEU containerships within 48hr

• Mid-to-long range transport

A1-1200

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Mobile Harbor Product Line Mobile Harbor Product Line

• Uni-body motion

• High stability and operational efficiency

• Suitable for ports with high container volume

• Uni-body motion

• High stability and operational efficiency

• Suitable for ports with high container volume

B1

• Operating under ship-to-ship docking

• Single or plural cranes

• Flexibility to achieve optimal system configuration

• Operating under ship-to-ship docking

• Single or plural cranes

• Flexibility to achieve optimal system configuration

B2

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Integration IntegrationFocusFocusShort periodShort period Large scale Large scale

KAIST(Mobile Harbor Project),MH Co.

Univ. (Ulsan Univ, Pusan Nat’l Univ, SNU)

Research Institute(KIMM,MOERI,KMI,KR)

Public companies, Shipping lines(K-Water, Port Authority)

Original tech. development, basic design, Market analysis, Tech. holding company

Research collaboration

Collaborative R&D

Program consulting, Customer

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Role

s Program Structure Program Structure

Corporates (Hyundai-Wia, DSME,STX Offshore&Shipbuilding, Keumwon Eng.)

Local government/Overseas (Jeju-do,UCW America,Deloitte)

Detail design & production, Program consulting, Marketing

Customer, Workforce education & training

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Goals of Mobile Harbor Project (2009) Goals of Mobile Harbor Project (2009)

Develop original technology and secure IP

Mobile Harbor Technology Developmentand Capability Demonstration

Design pilot system and demonstrate core capability

Develop product lines and business model

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Roadmap Roadmap

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Mobile Harbor Technology Mobile Harbor Technology

System Design &

Container Transport Network

Floating Platform

Highly-efficient Loading System

Docking & Mooring

MH Berth Interface

• Optimal system architecture• Economic and market

analysis• Global maritime cargo transport network analysis

• Stabilization of floating platform

• Robust structure design• Floating platform validation

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• Mobile Harbor berth interface design

• Operation system• Transport effectiveness

• Highly efficient loading/unloading system

• Container transfer system• Performance testing

• Automated docking• Ship-to-ship mooring• Performance testing

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Key Technologies Key Technologies

ZMC[Zero Moment Crane]

Ship-to-Ship docking

Spreader cable control

Spreader position control

High-speed transfer at a berth

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Key Technologies Key Technologies

ZMC[Zero Moment Crane]

<Zero moment trolley: D4 type>

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Ship-to-Ship Dock-

ing

Robot Arm with Vacuum Suction Pad and Winch Cable

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< Quay Crane Type > < Tower Crane Type >

< Robot Arm Model >

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Spreader Cable Control

• Up-and-down motion of Mobile Harbor caused

by ocean waves is compensated by controlling

the length of cables holding a spreader.

• With this control mechanism,

a spreader of the Mobile Harbor crane is able to

smoothly land on a target container

in the presence of heaving (up-and-down)

motion of the Mobile Harbor floating body.

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• A motion control system has been

developed to achieve precise

positioning of a spreader to engage

with a container below.

• This system uses eight sensors to

measure the deviation of the current

spreader position and employs a virtual

force algorithm and a container pattern

detection algorithm.

Spreader Position Control

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High-Speed transfer at a

Berth• A Mobile Harbor berth based on Roll-on Roll-off concept has been de-signed

to enable fast transfer of containers on board a Mobile Harbor to a yard

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Progress to Date Progress to Date

• Mobile Harbor Idea initiated in 2007

• Mobile Harbor Center established (2009. 4)

• System Patent awarded (2) and filed (49)

• Participated in New Growth Engine Exhibition (5/26-5/28, KINTEX)

• Open House (8/13~8/14)

• Participated in Incheon International Logistics & Materials

Handling Exhibition (9/8-9/11, Songdo Convensia)

• Received TOI ($6.25mil) issued by Hyundai-Wia (9/28)

• Received LOI ($16.6mil) for investment issued by DSME (9/29)

• Demonstrate the Mobile Harbor in an ocean water basin (12/15)

• Mobile Harbor Idea initiated in 2007

• Mobile Harbor Center established (2009. 4)

• System Patent awarded (2) and filed (49)

• Participated in New Growth Engine Exhibition (5/26-5/28, KINTEX)

• Open House (8/13~8/14)

• Participated in Incheon International Logistics & Materials

Handling Exhibition (9/8-9/11, Songdo Convensia)

• Received TOI ($6.25mil) issued by Hyundai-Wia (9/28)

• Received LOI ($16.6mil) for investment issued by DSME (9/29)

• Demonstrate the Mobile Harbor in an ocean water basin (12/15)

Program Progress by Mobile Harbor Center

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Progress to Date Progress to Date

• Marketing trip to North/Latin America and Initiated business discussion (7/17~23)

• Collaboration with UCW America (7/31)

• Identifying immediate potential market

(Africa, Middle East, Southeast Asia, North America, Yellow Sea region)

• Identifying several business models for Southeast Asia region

• Received MOU(related to commercialization) issued by Macquarie (10/21)

• Marketing trip to North/Latin America and Initiated business discussion (7/17~23)

• Collaboration with UCW America (7/31)

• Identifying immediate potential market

(Africa, Middle East, Southeast Asia, North America, Yellow Sea region)

• Identifying several business models for Southeast Asia region

• Received MOU(related to commercialization) issued by Macquarie (10/21)

Overseas Market Development Progress

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Expected Benefits Expected Benefits

Techno-logical

Techno-logical

• Mobile Harbor technology leadership

• Role model for national R&D funding program

• Apply developed technology to other fields

Socio-economic

Socio-economic

• Export and promote related industries

• Create economic value by innovating maritime cargo

transport

• Increase transshipment market share

• Develop workforce in high technology

Environ-mental

Environ-mental

• Innovate cargo transport system that has been heavily

relying on overland transport

• Low-CO2 green growth

• Reduce environmental damage by port construction

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Lessons from History: Mechanical innovation Lessons from History: Mechanical innovation

Steam Engine, James Watt 1784: Industrial Revolution

Double acting cylinder

6-bar Watt mechanism

Drastic increase in efficiency

and product life

The first airplane, Wright brothers 1903

Solved lift and roll control :

Wing warping

1903, 12 sec flight at10ft

1908, flying time of an hour

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Thank you