Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority to Develop Gwangyang Port as Korea-Style Automated Terminal

Launch of the Promotion Council for the Gwangyang Port Automated Terminal Construction Project

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] A consultative body has been formed to construct four berths at Gwangyang Port container terminal as automated terminals.

Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority (President Park Seong-hyun, YGPA) announced that on the 29th, it held the "Gwangyang Port Automated Terminal Construction Project Promotion Consultative Body Inauguration Ceremony" at the 2nd floor international conference room of the World Marine Center, together with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Jeonnam Province, Gwangyang City, and others to ensure smooth progress of the port automation testbed construction project.

The "Port Automation Testbed Construction Project" promoted by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and YGPA passed the preliminary feasibility study last November.

Additionally, in May, it was selected as one of the new government's 110 national tasks, leading to the establishment of Korea's first fully automated Korean-style port at Gwangyang Port.

YGPA expects this to greatly contribute to the smartification of domestic ports and the revitalization of related domestic industries.

The newly launched "Gwangyang Port Automated Terminal Promotion Consultative Body" consists of a general consultative body, a working consultative body, and an advisory committee.

The general and working consultative bodies, centered on the project owners?the government (Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries) and YGPA project managers and staff?will check and discuss the project progress, while major project-related matters will be smoothly advanced by reflecting the opinions of the expert advisory committee.

At the event, Kim Chang-gyun, Director of the Port Bureau at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries; Park Seong-hyun, President of YGPA; Choi Jeong-gi, Director of the Marine and Fisheries Bureau of Jeonnam Province; and private experts attended, providing detailed explanations on the K-Smart Port and Gwangyang Port automation testbed construction plan. Through open discussions, in-depth talks were held on feasible strategies for promoting Korean-style smart ports and the roles each institution should undertake.

Following the inauguration ceremony, YGPA has intensified the Gwangyang Port automated terminal construction project by holding a kickoff briefing for the basic data survey for design services and optimization modeling research services for smart technology application.

President Park Seong-hyun stated, "We will not only establish a cooperative system among the government, public institutions, private companies, industry, and academia but also effectively utilize this consultative body to solve issues arising during the construction of Korea's first Korean-style smart port and build a high-level automated port."

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik hss79@asiae.co.kr

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