The First Smart Joint Logistics Center of Next Year Opens in Cheonan

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 26th that the Cheonan Smart Shared Logistics Center will be completed on the 29th and will begin full-scale operation from the first half of next year.

Aerial view of Cheonan Smart Joint Logistics Center / Image provided by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

The Smart Shared Logistics Center, promoted as a national project since 2020, is a shared logistics center that small and medium logistics companies, which find it difficult to expand logistics infrastructure within cities, can use at a low rental fee (about 80% of market price).

The newly completed Smart Shared Logistics Center will be located in Baekseok-dong, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, within the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) Cheonan Logistics Complex, with a total floor area of 21,189㎡ and five above-ground floors. The total project cost was 48.2 billion KRW (11 billion KRW from the national government, 37.2 billion KRW from LH).

The logistics companies will operate and manage the entire building and site entrusted by LH. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and LH plan to recruit a consignment operator in January next year. The consignment operator will provide logistics services (transportation, storage, cargo handling, etc.) to small and medium logistics companies at rates lower than market prices and will perform comprehensive management tasks of the logistics center.

The Ministry plans to begin construction of the second Smart Shared Logistics Center in Jeju in April next year. They will conduct demand surveys targeting local governments and public institutions to expand the Smart Shared Logistics Centers.

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