SK Energy Opens Mokpo Truck Rest Area... "Parking for 1,010 Vehicles, Largest Among 24 Nationwide Locations"

Late Former Chairman Choi Jong-hyun's Legacy

Site Approximately 90,000㎡... "SK's Representative Model for Creating Social Value"

At the completion ceremony of the Mokpo Truck Rest Area held on the 15th, (from left) Kim Osu, Chairman of the Mokpo City Urban Construction Committee, Kim Won-i, member of the Democratic Party, Park Daesun, Director of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Kim Jongsik, Mayor of Mokpo, Kang Bongwon, Vice President of SK Energy, and Baek Jonggi, Chairman of the Jeonnam Freight Truck Transportation Business Association, posed for a commemorative photo. (Photo by SK Energy)

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] SK Energy announced on the 15th that it has opened the 24th nationwide truck rest area in Mokpo, Jeollanam-do.

The completion ceremony held at the truck rest area in the Daeyang General Industrial Complex in Mokpo City was attended by Kim Jong-sik, Mayor of Mokpo, Kim Won-i, member of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Kang Bong-won, Vice President of SK Energy.

The Mokpo truck rest area was built on a site of 27,400 pyeong (approximately 90,000㎡). It is the largest among the 24 truck rest areas SK Energy has established nationwide. It can accommodate a total of 1,010 vehicles simultaneously, including trucks and passenger cars. It is equipped with various auxiliary facilities such as a 24-hour operating rest area for truck drivers, a restaurant, sleeping rooms, shower rooms, a gas station, and maintenance and inspection centers.

The truck rest area project is the only domestic welfare improvement initiative for truck drivers, started in 2006 according to the will of the late SK Chairman Choi Jong-hyun. According to SK Energy, it is regarded as a representative model for creating social value pursued by the group. It is praised for contributing to solving illegal truck parking issues and promoting regional economic development. With the opening of the Mokpo truck rest area, Mokpo's role as a logistics hub connecting Mokpo New Port, Muan International Airport, the Seohaean High-Speed Railway, and the Seohaean and Namhaean Expressways is expected to be further strengthened.

At the completion ceremony, Kim Jong-sik, Mayor of Mokpo, expressed his expectation that "it will improve the convenience of freight transport workers and resolve citizen inconveniences caused by overnight illegal parking." Kang Bong-won, Vice President of SK Energy, responded, "We plan to consider evolving the rest area into an eco-friendly energy complex station utilizing the spare land for fuel cells, hydrogen charging, and solar power generation."

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