Jeju Coast Guard Agency Promotes Construction Project for 'Marine Comprehensive Training Facility'

[Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Jeongpil] The Jeju Regional Maritime Police Agency announced on the 15th that it is promoting the construction project of a "Comprehensive Maritime Training Facility."

Since the establishment of the special forces unit in 2012, Jeju Maritime Police Agency will be equipped with its first training and pollution control facilities, aiming to strengthen its capabilities in responding to maritime terrorism and suppressing special crimes, thereby protecting maritime sovereignty.

Additionally, by establishing a system that can respond more swiftly to marine pollution accidents, the agency will be able to devote itself more to the mission of safeguarding public safety.

Until now, the Jeju Maritime Police special forces unit had no dedicated training ground and had to conduct training with the cooperation of local military and police forces. Also, lacking a dedicated pollution control warehouse, temporary facilities within Jeju Port were used.

The Comprehensive Maritime Training Facility, with a total project cost of 19.6 billion KRW, will be located on a site of approximately 22,000㎡ in Bukchon-ri, Jocheon-eup, with a total floor area of 5,356㎡, consisting of a three-story training building and a two-story warehouse building.

The Jeju Maritime Police Agency expects that the facility, designed as a training center for maritime police officers and a warehouse for pollution control supplies to enable rapid response to marine pollution accidents in the province, will serve as an opportunity to further enhance capabilities in accident response and marine pollution control.

A representative of the Jeju Regional Maritime Police Agency stated, "Through the Comprehensive Maritime Training Facility, scheduled for completion in 2025, we will be reborn as a stronger and more elite maritime police special forces unit with a well-equipped system, laying the foundation to respond flawlessly to various maritime disasters and accidents."

Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Jeongpil baekok@asiae.co.kr

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