Call for papers
ICASL 2013, Kobe, JapanOn Sustainability in Shipping and Logistics(August 30-31, 2013)

ICASL is an annual international event devoted to shipping and logistics studies. It aims to provide aplatform for academics, researchers, policy makers, specialists, and practitioners working in port,shipping, aviation transportation and logistics. We are expecting a wide range of attendances from
Asia-Pacific and other overseas regions to this coming event.
It is our great pleasure to invite all of you to the 6th International Conference of Asian Shipping andLogistics (ICASL 2013) to be held from August 30 to 31, 2013, in Kobe City, Japan. The Conference
will be jointly organized by International Maritime Research Center (Kobe University) & the Korean
Association of Shipping and Logistics, Inc.
The theme of 2013 conference is “Sustainability in Shipping and Logistics”. Sub-issues are
Shipping and Logistics in New Asia ; Solving the Shipping and Logistics Puzzle ; The Future of theAsian Shipping and Logistics ; Supply side response to global economic scenario.
We welcome the full-papers or the first draft on all aspects of shipping and logistics that are in linewith the Journal’s aims and scope. For applying for attending conference, you can just notify thetitle and abstract of papers to Managing Editor: Dr. Hyuk-soo CHO (Non-Japanese, Email:hyuksoo@kmu.ac.kr) or to Conference Secretary: Mr. Na Young Hwan CHOI (Japanese, Email:chnayoung@hotmail.com) by the end of April, 2013. If you have any question, do not hesitate tocontact our Managing Editor or Secretary of the ICASL 2013.
To prepare manuscripts, authors are asked to closely follow the “Instructions to Contributors”
http://www.elsevier.com/journals/the-asian-journal-of-shipping-and-logistics/. Manuscripts will berefereed according to the standards of AJSL. See the website for details: http://www.ajsl.info/Draft of the Program
THE 6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ASIAN SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS (ICASL) 2013
 Hosted by: International Maritime Research Center of KOBE University
 Organized by: The Korean Association of Shipping and Logistics
 Sponsored by: KR(Korean Register of Shipping) Theme of 6th ICASL : Sustainability in Shipping and Logistics
 Sub-issues-Shipping and Logistics in New Asia
Solving the Shipping and Logistics Puzzle
The Future of the Asian Shipping and Logistics
Supply side response to global economic scenario

 Date : August 30 - 31, 2013
 Venue: Fukae Campus of Kobe University, Kobe, Japan(http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/access/fukae/kansai-international-airport.htm)
 Time Schedule
30 April, 2013: Deadline of applying for Attending ICASL 201315 July, 2013: Deadline for submission of the full Papers
30-31 August, 2013: 6th ICASL Remark- The KR Prize: The Best Paper Selecting Committee will choose the best paper
among the papers presented at the conference and award the KR Prize with honorarium
by KR & KASL.
- Registration Fee: 15,000 JPN YEN(For 2 lunches & 2 dinners with Conference Book)- Accommodation: SANNOMIYA TERMINAL HOTEL, 1-2, 8-chome kumoi-dori,Chuo-ku, Kobe 651-0096, Japan, Phone: (+81)78-291-0001 Fax: (+81)78-291-0020

(http://www.sth-hotel.co.jp/english/) Contact : Secretaries of ICASL 2013
Dr. Hyuk-soo CHO, Keimyung University, Korea.(Email: hyuksoo@kmu.ac.kr)
Mr. Na Young Hwan CHOI, Kobe University, Japan, (Email : chnayoung@hotmail.com)
MP : 81-(0)90-4292-9133

Organizing Committee of ICASL 2013
 Chairman- Dr. Keiji ODA, Dean of Graduate School of Maritime Sciences & Prof. of Kobe University-Dr. Jong-Khil HAN, President of Korea Association of Shipping and Logistics & Prof. ofSungkyul University
 Advisory Group- Dr. Masao FURUSYO, Director of IMaRC & Prof. of Kobe University- Dr. Toshinori NEMOTO, President of JSLSE & Prof. of Hitostubashi University- Dr. Kenichi SHOJI, Vice President & Prof. of Kobe University- Dr. Young-Seok HA, Keimyung University- Dr. Jong-soon Koo, Chungnam University
 Convenors- Dr. Shigeru YOSHIDA, Prof. of Kobe University- Dr. Gi-Tae YEO, Editor in chief of AJSL & Prof. of Incheon University Cordinators- Dr. Hiroshi HOSHINO, Chief Editor of JSLSE & Prof. of Kyushu University- Dr. Keiji HABARA, Prof. of Kansai University- Dr. Masato SHINOHARA, Prof. of Tokai University- Dr. Hidei MURAKAMI, Chief Secretary of JSLSE & Prof. of Kobe University- Dr. Koichiro TEZUKA, Co-Editor of JSLSE & Prof. of Nihon University- Dr. Gwang-hee KIM, Prof. of Tongmyung University- Dr. Hong-gyun PARK, Prof. of Suncheon University- Dr. Jae-Hyun LEE, Prof. of Hannam University- Dr. Thai Van Vinh, Prof. of Nanyang Technological University- Dr. Stephen CAHOON, Prof. of Australian Maritime College- Dr. Jung-soo SEO, Prof. of Keimyung University Secretaries- Dr. Hyuk-soo CHO, Keimyung University, Korea- Mr. Na Young Hwan CHOI, Kobe University, Japan