Mokpo Coast Guard Implements Special Measures for Maritime Safety During Lunar New Year Holiday

Supporting a Safe Holiday Until the 30th

Mokpo Coast Guard (Chief Kwon Oseong) is implementing the "2025 Lunar New Year Holiday Marine Safety Special Measures" for 18 days until the 30th, in order to support the public's safe holiday during the Lunar New Year.

According to the Mokpo Coast Guard on the 14th, over the past three years, the average daily number of passengers on ferries, passenger boats, and cruise boats during the Lunar New Year holiday increased by 46%, 51%, and 50% respectively compared to normal periods, while the number of passengers on fishing boats decreased by 95%.

Mokpo Coast Guard is conducting safety management of multi-use vessels ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard Station

This year's Lunar New Year holiday is longer than last year, and the demand for multi-use vessels is expected to increase. Accordingly, the Mokpo Coast Guard is operating a "Lunar New Year Holiday Marine Safety Special Measures Period."

During this period, the Coast Guard will strengthen safety management and emergency response readiness for multi-use vessels, enhance vessel traffic control to prevent marine accidents, intensively crack down on crimes affecting people's livelihoods before and after the holiday, conduct special crackdowns on illegal distribution of essential goods, and reinforce activities to prevent marine pollution accidents and establish rapid response readiness. The agency plans to maintain a comprehensive, function-specific accident response system to ensure a safe sea.

Chief Kwon Oseong stated, "We will do our utmost day and night so that citizens visiting their hometowns for the Lunar New Year can use the sea with peace of mind and enjoy a happy holiday."

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