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Under globalization, intensifying competition of the port industry accelerated advancementfor Korean harbor business, answering the current of the times. In line with the trends ofmechanization, scale-up and automation in advanced ports, efficiency improvement has beenthe focus of attention. In accordance with the implementation of the sweeping harborcommercialization since Jan. 2007, the system of port labor supply has encountered drasticchange. As a result, it will affect to the labor market of port cargo handling and to theworking conditions of stevedoring laborers. Thus, this study carried out empirical analysis upon surveys of labor conditions withinfluence to quality of port laborer's life in Busan harbor before/after port commercializationas per changes of the system of port labor supply. In order to attain the goal of this study,Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) was applied to draw the priority and the importance inlabor conditions, and satisfaction analysis was carried out to measure the change in thesatisfaction of the labor environment after port commercialization. With analyzed results, we hope that this study could be used as a basis information ofrational and efficient proposals in labor conditions as per port commercialization to beimplemented nationally in the future.