Busan to Establish 'Smart Port Management'... Shift from Post-Management to Proactive Management

Agreement on 'Smart Port Facility Maintenance System' on the 2nd... Port Upgrade!
Busan City - Busan Port Authority - Korea Maritime University - Dong-A University - Busan Technopark Participation

Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Busan City will hold a 'Smart Port Facility Maintenance Establishment Business Agreement Ceremony' at 11 a.m. on the 2nd at Korea Maritime and Ocean University, together with Busan Port Authority, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Dong-A University, and Busan Technopark.

This business agreement aims to establish an ICT-based smart port facility maintenance data system and create a data utilization foundation that can be used for the maintenance of all port facilities in the long term.

Park Seong-hoon, Deputy Mayor for Economic Affairs of Busan City, Nam Ki-chan, President of Busan Port Authority, Do Deok-hee, President of Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Lee Hae-woo, President of Dong-A University, and Choi Jong-yeol, Director of Busan Technopark, will attend and sign the cooperation agreement.

Among 1,086 facilities in 60 domestic ports, 284 facilities are over 30 years old, accounting for 27.7%. When port disasters occur, enormous facility restoration costs arise, leading to significant economic damage such as logistics paralysis.

Facility deformation and damage caused by climate change are also occurring frequently, making it urgent to establish a smart maintenance system through securing related monitoring technologies.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries prepared the 'Port Facility Maintenance System Reform Plan' in May. It announced a plan to develop and implement smart maintenance technologies that introduce 4th Industrial Revolution technologies by shifting from a 'post-maintenance' system to a 'preventive and proactive maintenance' system.

In response, Busan City promoted the 'proactive data utilization foundation establishment' to prepare an AI-based port facility maintenance data system in line with the government's Digital New Deal policy, enabling its use for maintenance of all port facilities.

Starting with this agreement, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan Port Authority, Dong-A University, and Busan Technopark will jointly promote the establishment of a smart port maintenance data foundation, ICT convergence technology development, on-site demonstration monitoring technology development, and the establishment of related centers.

Byun Sung-wan, Acting Mayor of Busan, said, "We will establish a smart port maintenance system based in Busan, which has the largest port facilities in the country, to promote the creation of a safe and efficient port."

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