Busan Port Authority, Win-Win Collaboration Contest with Port Companies

Western Maritime Wins Award for Improving 'Seonbak Juljabi' Performance
Plans to Promote Port-Related Company Ideas and Commercialization

On the 11th, the Busan Port Authority (BPA) held the awards ceremony for the "1st Win-Win Collaboration Idea Contest."

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Busan Port Authority (BPA) held the award ceremony for the '1st Win-Win Collaboration Idea Contest' at its headquarters in Jungang-dong, Busan on the 11th.

BPA is rewarding the winning companies and accelerating the commercialization of ideas for win-win cooperation with port-related industries.

The '1st Win-Win Collaboration Idea Contest' was launched in August to discover win-win tasks needed at port sites by small and medium-sized enterprises in Busan Port's related industries, and to contribute to revitalizing the local economy and creating jobs by commercializing these ideas through BPA.

As a result of the contest, a total of seven proposals were submitted from various port-related fields such as bunkering, port services, ship repair, and ship supplies. BPA conducted internal and external evaluations and finally selected one grand prize and two excellence awards.

The grand prize was awarded to Western Maritime for "Enhancing Productivity and Safety through Performance Improvement of Tug Vehicles."

The tugging task involves hooking the rope lowered from the main ship onto the towing hook fixed to the vehicle. Since even a slight misalignment in the working environment of the ship or vehicle can cause the rope to break or rewind, leading to fatal accidents, it is a high-risk task that requires constant vigilance.

The grand prize work addresses a matter directly related to the safety of port workers, proposing to strengthen work safety by developing a dedicated device based on advanced cases.

The excellence awards went to Eastern Marine, a ship supplies company, for "Strengthening Marketing by Linking PORT-MIS Arrival Information," and to COSPA for "Establishing a Bulk Upload System for Ship Supplies Items."

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