Busan Port Authority Announces Winners of This Year's Port Innovation Public Proposal Contest

Government Digital Wallet Integration Selected for 'Port Entry Pass Issuance Process Improvement'

Busan Port Authority (BPA) announced the winners of the “2024 Port Innovation National Proposal” on the 26th, focusing on port service and facility improvements utilizing digital technology.

Announcement of the 2024 Port Innovation Public Proposal Award Winners.

To promote innovations that can be directly felt by the general public and port workers, BPA held a national proposal contest throughout August. After evaluations by internal and external experts, a total of four ideas were selected as winners: one grand prize, one excellence award, and two encouragement awards.

The grand prize went to the idea of “Improving the Port Access Card Issuance Process.”

The core of this idea is to allow customers to submit required supporting documents for temporary port access cards at Busan Port non-face-to-face by linking with government digital wallets, instead of visiting BPA in person.

This is expected to greatly improve the convenience of issuing port access cards and help prevent the forgery and alteration of supporting documents.

The excellence award was given to “Development of Marine Tourism Spots Utilizing Digital Technologies Such as Media Art” (Kwon), and the encouragement awards went to “Establishment of Inquiry Chat Service for the Hearing Impaired (Kim)” and “Operation of Port Job Experience Facilities for Our Youth (Moon).”

The winners will receive a certificate and a prize from the President of Busan Port Authority.

Busan Port Authority plans to conduct an internal review of the winning ideas, designate them as institutional innovation projects, and assign departments for implementation.

Since 2017, BPA has held annual idea contests for the Korean public to promote innovation and co-growth of Busan Port and the port community.

BPA President Kang Junseok stated, “National proposals have become a new communication channel for Busan Port innovation,” and added, “We will become a public institution that realizes true, tangible innovation by solving problems felt by people in their daily lives and workplaces.”

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