President of HafenCity Hamburg GmbH Visits Busan Port

Busan Port Authority (BPA) announced on the 19th that the President of HafenCity Hamburg GmbH in Germany and Lee Seong-ho, Executive Director of the Busan International Architecture Festival Organizing Committee, visited Busan Port.

(From left) Seongho Lee, Executive Chairman of the Busan International Architecture Festival Organizing Committee; Junseok Kang, President of Busan Port Authority; Andreas Kleinau, CEO of HafenCity Hamburg GmbH.

HafenCity is a representative large-scale urban redevelopment project in Europe that transformed the old port area of the Elbe River waterfront in Hamburg into a cutting-edge mixed-use city combining residential, commercial, and cultural districts. HafenCity GmbH is a limited liability company wholly owned by the City of Hamburg, responsible for carrying out the HafenCity redevelopment project.

President Andreas Kleinau and his delegation listened to the current status of port operations at Busan Port and toured the North Port redevelopment area through a visit to the North Port Redevelopment Promotion Center. During this visit, President Andreas requested mutual cooperation including sharing the business model and future plans of Busan North Port, as well as port redevelopment expertise.

BPA, together with HafenCity Hamburg GmbH, will participate in the 2023 Busan International Architecture Festival thematic exhibition "HafenCity and Busan North Port, Through Each Other" for five days from the 20th to the 24th at BEXCO Exhibition Hall 1 in Busan.

Kang Jun-seok, President of BPA, said, "I hope this event will serve as an opportunity to explore directions for mutual development between HafenCity, the largest port redevelopment project in Europe, and the North Port redevelopment project, the first port redevelopment project in Korea, through the Busan International Architecture Festival."

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