Review of Expansion for Pyeongtaek-Dangjin Port Grain Wharf... Simplification of Port Hinterland Complex Development

The procedure for changing development plans for economic free zones designated for port hinterland development will be simplified going forward.

Previously, the simplified procedure applied only to minor changes corresponding to less than 10% of the economic free zone area, but the regulation will be relaxed to less than 20% of the total area in the future.

On the 15th, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that it had improved eight regulations related to port logistics complexes, including this content, together with the Regulatory Innovation Promotion Team. The Ministry expects that this regulatory improvement will have the effect of expanding development and investment by companies located in port hinterland complexes within economic free zones.

Also, to simplify the input method for ship entry and exit declaration documents, OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology will be utilized to reduce the workload of civil petitioners and prevent the possibility of declaration errors. This will resolve the inconvenience of duplicate declarations by ships repeatedly filing entry and exit declarations when entering and leaving adjacent ports such as Yeosu and Gwangyang Ports.

To maintain appropriate water depth for ship navigation, dredging (the work of excavating underwater to deepen the water depth) will be carried out in a timely manner, and the period required for private dredging permits will be reduced from the current 20 days to 14 days.

In the loading and unloading sector, active consideration will be given to the expansion of the grain wharf at Pyeongtaek and Dangjin Ports.

The Promotion Team stated that to improve regulations, since September 2022, they have listened to opinions from related research institutions and associations such as the Port Logistics Association, Shipping Agency Association, Feed Association, Port Users Association, and Port Hinterland Logistics Association, and reviewed improvement plans with four related ministries including the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and Korea Customs Service.

Reference photo_Pyeongtaek Port container. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

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