Yeosu City Council Forms Consensus on 'Second Leap for Yeosu and Gwangyang Ports'

Chairman Jeon Chang-gon and 15 Others Attend Yeosu-Gwangyang Port Revitalization Meeting

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Yeosu City Council members announced on the 24th that they reached a consensus on the second leap forward plan for Yeosu·Gwangyang Port during a meeting to revitalize Yeosu·Gwangyang Port.

According to the city council, 15 members including Chairman Jeon Chang-gon attended the meeting held on the 22nd at Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority and Yeosu·Gwangyang Port.

The meeting, proposed by National Assembly member Joo Cheol-hyun, was also attended by about 20 people including city and provincial council members and representatives from port, shipping, and logistics organizations.

The topics of the meeting were strengthening the competitiveness of Yeosu·Gwangyang Port container terminals, fostering the largest import-export port in the country, maritime transshipment, and discovering new growth engines such as energy hub ports for Yeosu·Gwangyang Port.

In particular, regarding the post-utilization of the Yeosu Expo site, a local issue in Yeosu, active discussions were held on the public development of the Expo site.

Earlier, a feasibility study on the change of the post-utilization plan for the Expo site conducted by Haebusoo last year analyzed that if Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority publicly develops the Expo site, profitability can be secured through discovering new revenue businesses.

Accordingly, at the meeting, opinions were expressed that the public development of the Expo site should proceed by collecting opinions from the local community.

Chairman Jeon Chang-gon said, “Yeosu·Gwangyang Port is the largest industrial cluster port in the country and the number one import-export gateway port in Korea,” adding, “Since the economic feasibility of public development of the Expo site has been confirmed, I hope the port authority establishes a new vision to take Yeosu·Gwangyang Port to the next level.”

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