Yeosu Gwangyang Port Corporation Launches Full-Scale Ship Waste Rope Recycling Project

Ship Rope and Marine Plastic Recycled to Produce Traffic Barrier Blocks

Optimal Product Evaluated for Protecting Port Workers from Cargo Trucks

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] A project to recycle waste ropes collected from ships entering Gwangyang Port into lane control blocks is set to be fully launched.

The Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority (President Park Seong-hyun, YGPA) recently announced that it is transporting 8 tons of waste ropes collected from ships entering Gwangyang Port along with marine plastics to a recycling factory to produce additional lane control blocks.

The lane control blocks to be produced this month are scheduled to be installed at general piers in Gwangyang Port.

Ships use various ropes, including those used to tie the ship to the pier. These ropes are made thick and strong to withstand the ship's weight and can be hundreds of meters long.

The problem is that when these ship ropes are discarded into the sea, they can get caught in the propellers of other ships, causing serious marine accidents, or sink to the seabed, adversely affecting the marine ecosystem.

In response, YGPA has been steadily collecting waste ropes discharged from ships since last year as part of its marine plastic collection and resource circulation project.

Also, earlier this year, as a pilot project, waste ropes were recycled into lane control blocks and installed at the container pier of Gwangyang Port.

As a result of the pilot project, pier operators evaluated the product as optimal for protecting workers from cargo trucks within the pier.

Im Hyeong-yoon, Head of ESG Management Office, said, “Lane control blocks made through recycling can be applied at any port nationwide and can also be installed on general roads, so their future utilization is limitless.”

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

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