Drafting Future Strategies for Incheon Port in Preparation for the Post-Corona Era

Incheon Port Authority Launches 'Future Strategy Promotion TFT' Focusing on Finance, Management Improvement, and Marketing

Incheon Port Authority

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon Port Authority announced on the 17th that it is formulating future strategies to prepare for the post-COVID-19 era and to quickly enhance the resilience of Incheon Port.

Resilience refers to the ability to return to normal activities after a major external shock or threat, or to recover functional performance amid external adversity or difficulties. Recently, it has been emphasized as a necessary capability for companies after COVID-19.

The shipping and marine tourism industries are also expected to undergo mid- to long-term changes due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused a decrease in global trade volume and a contraction in demand for marine leisure tourism such as cruises.

Accordingly, the authority has established a 'Future Strategy Promotion TFT (Task Force Team)' led by the Director of Planning and Coordination Office to strengthen resilience, respond to the changed environment, and lay the groundwork for Incheon Port to take a step forward.

The TFT will be divided into financial, management improvement, and marketing (market analysis) sectors, composed of experts and staff in each field, and will carry out tasks such as improving financial structure, reviewing function adjustments, and establishing marketing strategies.

In the financial sector, the plan is to enhance resilience and secure sustainability by recovering investment costs in public interest projects and improving the financial structure through additional capital expansion. In the management improvement sector, growth engines will be secured by discovering and adjusting new businesses in response to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and redefining inefficient projects.

Furthermore, to continuously establish a foundation for attracting cargo volume, the authority will analyze changes in import and export items at Incheon Port and examine market trends and the shipping logistics environment.

Through this, the strengths of using Incheon Port will be further highlighted, and a marketing strategy that actively utilizes external environmental changes such as COVID-19 will be established to achieve this year's container cargo volume target of 3.45 million TEU.

An official from Incheon Port Authority stated, "We will focus all our capabilities to turn the crisis into an opportunity and demonstrate even greater competitiveness after COVID-19."

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