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Port of
GWANGYANG
A New Logistics Hub of Northeast Asia

Leading Maritime Nation in the 21st century

Yeosu Regional Maritime Affairs & Fisheries Office
335-1 Sujeong-dong, Yeosu City, Republic of Korea Tel. 82-61-660-9061~4 Fax. 82-61-665-0293 Yeosu Regional Maritime Affairs & Fisheries Office
 “Advantageous”
Its natural environment provides all-the-year-round stevedoring and
unparalleled connectivity to international ports through a geographically
strategic location in Northeast Asia

Nature
“Active”
Customer-driven development continues to expand port
facilities, state-of-the-art logistics networks and a fully
automated container terminal(ACT)

Advantageous Nature Geographical Advantage 08

Growth Potential 10

Active Development Gwangyang Container Terminal 14

Port Facilities serving POSCO 18
Port Facilities serving
Yeosu・Yulchon Industrial Complex
Port of Yeosu 22
Global Competitiveness Distripark and Int’l Business Center
Development
“Global”
20 With on-dock system in the container terminal,
huge hinterland logistics complex, Free Trade Zone,
Free Economic Zone and various incentives systems,
the port of Gwangyang is emerging
as a new comprehensive logistics center
26 with global competitiveness.

Free Trade Zone, Free Economic Zone 28

Incentives and Services 30

Competitiveness
 An International Logistics Hub for the 21st Century
Advantageous
Nature In order to be an essential business hub of Northeast,
Korea aims at developing the port of Gwangyang as a global logistics mega hub.
 Advantageous Port of Gwangyang, with its natural port environment, is an ideal
Nature place as an international maritime center in Northeast Asia
Vostochny
Seattle
Dalian
Tianjin Oakland
Kobe Tokyo
Qingdao Busan Yokohama LA/LB
Gwangyang OsakN agoya
Shanghai a

Ningbo

Xiamen
Guangzhou Keelung
Shenzhen Kaohsiung

Optimal natural environment Hongkong

Warm climate and natural conditions keep calm water to make safe Manila
Bangkok
stevedoring possible all year round. Laem Chabang

Port Klang
Ideal water depth for arrival and departure of large vessels Singapore

- 20m of natural fairway enables mega vessels to call and depart at anytime
- 15~18m of quay depth allows next generation container ships to be
accommodated Tanjung Perak
Tanjung Priok

Strategic location on the main shipping routes and economic center of

Northeast Asia
Sydney

Melbourne
- Situated at a connecting point from Asia to North America as well as
geographical convenience linking to ports in northern China and Japan,
the Gwangyang port will be the best place for a logistics hub of Northeast Asia

- The port of Gwangyang will play an excellent role in the silk railway linking
the Korean Peninsula to China and Russia if the railway between North and
South Korea(TKR) is linked to TSR and TCR

The port of Gwangyang is connected with everywhere around the world.

It is a crossing point of East/West shipping routes linking Europe, Asia, and North America.
It is a gateway connecting the economies of Pacific Rim and East Asia.

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 Advantageous
Nature Growth potential as a logistics hub port of Northeast Asia

TSR
TMR

Northeast Asia’ s share in world container volume accounts for 30%.

Proximity to China, the world largest container market called as
‘a global production base’
and its continued growth. 3 Provinces’Economies
With the geo-economical strategic position,the port of Gwangyang is to serve in Northeast China
Vostochny
as a major transshipment hub for containers to/from China, Japan, America and Europe. Jingjin Tang
Economies
Najin
Vast Distripark TGMR
Dalian
A 4 million ㎡ land adjacent to the container terminal will be developed for a Tianjin
comprehensive logistics center dealing with total logistics services such as Beijing Nampo
assembling, processing, and producing
Haeju
Yantai
Seoul Niigata
Qingdao
Neighbouring industrial complexes and huge hinterland
Kanazawa
- The port of Gwangyang is a center for the commercial cargoes that arrive from Chang Jiang Tokyo
Delta Economies Gwangyang Busan Yokohama
Nagoya
neighbouring industrial complex Kobe
Shimonoseki
Osaka
• POSCO Gwangyang Works is capable of manufacturing 16 million tons of steel
products such as hot-rolled steel and cold-rolled steel annually; TCR Shanghai
Fukuoka

Yeosu Petrochemical Industrial Complex producing and supplying 56% of

domestic petrochemical product; Yulchon Industrial Complex specialized in
high-tech industries. Combined cargo throughput of neighbouring industrial
complexes is expected to reach over 200 million tons annually. Zhu Jiang
Delta Economies Keelung
- Massive hinterland: within a radius of 1,200 km from the port of Gwangyang, Xiamen
Kaohsiung
700 million consumers live, 51 cities of over 1 million population, adjacent Hongkong

ports such as Shanghai and Kobe

Oceania 6(2.2%)
932
South Asia 7(2.6%)
Africa 8(3.0%)
Middle East 14(5.2%)
664

Northeast Asia 20(7.5%)

81(30.3%) South America 485

North America Boasting a huge hinterland area, port of Gwangyang is

33(12.4%)
Europe Southeast
150 a strategic logistics center supported by a dramatically
57(21.3%) Asia 108
41(15.4%) 3.4 developing Chinese economy as well as Japan, the largest economy in Asia.
(Unit : million TEU)
1998 2002 2004 2006 2008 2011
(Unit : million TEU)
Global Container Volume by Region
Gwangyang Container Volume and forecast
Source : Drewery Shipping Consultant, 2002

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 A New Port Leader for Northeast Asia's future
based on systematicdevelopment and hinterlandindustry
Active The port of Gwangyang launched its services as Samil Port on April 17, 1969. It was renamed after integrating
Development raw material piers and CTS piers on December 5, 1986. The port was reborn and poised for a new logistics port in
Northeast Asia on July 17, 1998 by the beginning of Phase I container terminal operation.
The port of Gwangyang is a multifunctional port stretching along 145.19㎢of harbor area. About 56,000 vessels
including container carriers, bulk carriers, and chemical tankers call at the port of Gwangyang annually.
Equipped with a total of 73 berths for handling all types of cargo, the port handles about 180 million tons of cargo annually.
 Container

Active Gwangyang container terminals Phase I and II developments were completed with 12 berths.
Terminal POSCO
Gwangyang
Works

Development
“ Users-oriented port development ” A total number of 33 berths will be built by 2011 to handle Myodo
Nam
9.33 million TEU annually, which will make it one of the top Yulchon
hae
Industrial
10 container ports in the world. Complex Yeosu
Petrochemical
Industrial
- Vast CY and extensive Distripark Complex

- 100% on dock system, 18~22 rows of container cranes handling

an average 30 moves per hour to achieve high productivity
- High-tech IT terminal operation and automatic gate-in-and-out service

Container Terminal Development Plan

Gwangyang City POSCO

Gwangyang
Works

Yulchon

Myodo

Port of Gwangyang

Yeosu

Period Quay Berthing Capacity Handling Capacity Quay Depth

Length (km) (DWT×ship) (1 Thousand TEU/yr) (m)
Phase 1987~2011 11.05 50,000×29 9,330 -15~-18
20,000× 4
Phase I 1987~1997 1.40 50,000×4 1,200 -15
operation Phase II 1995~2003 2.30 50,000×4 1,630 -16
20,000×4
Phase III-1 2002~2006 1.40 50,000×4 1,200 -17
Under Phase III-2 2003~2008 1.05 50,000×3 1,100 -17
develop
Phase III-3 2005~2011 1.75 50,000×5 1,500 -17
- ment
Yulchon 2007~2011 3.15 50,000×9 2,700 -18

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 >> Convenient transportation network of roads,
railroads and airports
Active
- Exclusive container roads directly linking to Namhae express highway
Development and inland railroads connecting with a nationwide train network can
stimulate operating processes efficiently to help cut costs and time
- Improved accessibility to Yeosu Airport and Jinju Airport
>> Phases I & II container terminal in operation
- The world leader Hutchison Port Holdings and 5 other operators are currently operating and achieving
a continued increase in cargo volume at an average 25% growth rate since it opened in 1998
- Hanjin Shipping, Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Maersk-Sealand, APL and other global shipping
liners are seamlessly connected through worldwide services and feeder networks
[Port Facilities]

Phase Total CY CFS Berth Reefer C/C TGS Storage Terminal Operator
Area (㎡) (㎡) Length Container Capacity
(㎡) (m) Capacity (TEU)
Phase I 840,000 563,000 21,000 1,400 912 18/8 14,184 49,000 Global Enterprise,Hanjin Shipping
22/1 Hutchison Korea,Korea Express
3 Phase II 1,066,000 640,000 15,880 2,300 2,064 18/6 16,914 73,000 Dongbu Corporation
22/6 Korea Int’
l Terminal
10 1
11

5 2 7 12

8
9
4

>> The next generation Phase III container terminal is under construction

- 18m of quay depth to accommodate 12,000 TEU mega vessels

- 4~6 container cranes of over 22 rows per ship to obtain a world level of productivity
- Phase III-2 Automated Container Terminal plan for 3 berths to secure flexible

Gwangyang Port East Hinterland Road
Gwangyang Port West Hinterland Road under construction
(2002~2007)
Jeonju~Gwangyang Express Highway under design (2001~2004)
Mokpo~Gwangyang Express Highway (2002~2010)
Bypass of the 17th Highway under construction (1997~2005)
` Yeosu~Sunchoen Highway under construction
(Phase I : 2002~2004)
Bypass of the 2nd Highway under construction (2001~2006) labor and maximize stevedoring productivity
Truck Road of Container Terminal ~Chonam
Supporting road of Yulchon Industrial Complex I
Connecting road of Gwangyang Eup~Yulchon
Construction of expanding highway between Chonam~Seokjung
(2001~2004)
Gemdang Bridge

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 Port Facilities serving
Active
Development POSCO Gwangyang Works
“Strategy on mutual growth between logistics and industry ” The port facilities serving POSCO Gwangyang Works comprises a total of 29

Container
berths to deal with raw materials and steel products generated from the
Terminal
company. Built on a 9.9 million ㎡site, the combined annual steel output of
Myodo POSCO Gwangyang Works totals 16 million tons including hot-rolled coil
Nam and cold-rolled sheets.
Yulchon hae
Industrial Dealing with ores, coals, scrap irons, equipment, coils, cement, clinger
Yeosu
Complex
Petrochemical and sands, the port facilities plan to add 5 berths including a 80,000 DWT
Industrial
Complex capacity-LNG terminal

Raw Materials & CTS Wharf Products Wharf Scratch Irons Wharf

[Port Facilities]

Quay Length Berth Capacity Handling Capacity

(m) (DWT×ships) (1,000t/yr)
Total 6,061 1,228,500×29 72,386
Raw Materials & CTS Wharf 2,195 250,000~30,00×
06 50,745
Products Wharf 1,980 50,000~3,500
×11 7,986
Scrap Irons Wharf 270 50,000×1 1,620
General Purpose Wharf 306 3,000~1,000×3 835
RO/RO Wharf 380 30,000~8,000×2 2,800
Cement Terminal 930 10,000~5,000×6 8,400

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 Port Facilities serving Yeosu Petrochemical
Active / Yulchon Industrial Complexes
Development Container POSCO
Yeosu, Yulchon Industrial Complex produces 2.02 million tons of
Terminal Gwangyang

“ Efficient network construction ” Works

Myodo
fertilizer, 2.66 million tons of petrochemical products annually, and
refines 650,000 BBL daily. The port serves as a gateway to the trade
Nam
hae of crude oil, refined oil, and petrochemical products with a total of
Yulchon
Industrial Yeosu
32 berths. Additional 15 berths are under construction, including a
Complex
Petrochemical
Industrial
20,000DWT-class berth for car carriers.
Complex

LG Caltex Products Pier Crude Oil Pier Nakpo Pier

[Port Facilities]

Quay Length Berthing Capacity Handling Capacity

(m) (DWT×ships) (1,000t/yr)
Total 5,739 1,421,950×32 142,659
Hyundai Hysco Pier 132 12,000×1 2,200
Jungheung Pier 560 5,000~1,000×7 1,010
Samnam Pier 120 3,000×1 1,272
Cosmos Pier 123 5,000×1 806
LG Caltex Products Pier 847 50,000~750×8 47,718
LG VCM Pier 280 5,000×1 706
Coal Pier 185 15,000×1 3,600
Nakpo Pier 1,050 50,000~3,000×5 5,994
LPG Pier 352 65,200×1 1,800
E-1 Gas Pier 120 3,000×1 820
Sapo I Wharf 285 100,000×1 1,200
Sapo II Wharf 319 100,000×1 8,448
Crude Oil Pier 886 320,000~255,00×
02 39,545
U-1 Receipt/Shipment Pier 480 300,000×1 27,540

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Active
A beautiful port, Yeosu
Development
“ More convenient Supporting facilities ” The port of Yeosu opened on June 1 1923. The Old Port is used
Container
Terminal
POSCO
Gwangyang
Works
for fisheries and passenger transportation.
Myodo
The New Port handles general cargo and is used as a mooring
Nam
point for passenger cruisers, petrol boats and launches to Yulchon hae
Industrial
support the port of Gwangyang. Complex Yeosu
Petrochemical
Industrial
- Harbour Area : 4.15㎢ Complex
- No. of Berths : 8
- Handling Capacity : 2,952million ton/year

[Port Facilities]

Quay Length Berthing Capacity Handling Capacity

(m) (DWT×ships) (1,000t/yr)
Total 3,423 33,000(8) 2,952
Pier 1 290 5,000×2 998
Pier 2 121 2,000×1
Pier 3 678 6,000~1,000×1 1,719
Others 2,334 235

World Expo 2012

Yeosu is selected as a candidate
venue for World EXPO 2012. By
creating necessary infrastructure
facilities for the World Expo and
expanding additional SOC, Yeosu
port is being developed into an Future
Maritime Tourism Hub.

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 The port of Gwangyang, the most competitive port in Northeast Asia
Global Gwangyang Container Terminal and Distripark was designated as a Free Trade Zone which fully
supports processing, assembling, manufacturing and other logistics activities, along with a variety of
Competitiveness
incentives to attract more multinational companies. These efforts will offer the best business
environment where logistics, industry and economy can grown together.
Global Consumers-drivenDistripark
Competitiveness and an international business center A vast logistic complex will be formed at the rear of the container terminal aiming at a global
logistic center for global customers. This comprehensive center of production and logistics will be
constructed covering area of 2.284 million㎡by 2008, and 4.036 million㎡by 2011

Period 2004 2006 2008 2011

Land close to West side
East side of Distripark
the Terminal of Distripark
Area By year 340,000㎡ 331,000㎡ 1,613,000㎡ 1,752,000㎡
Accumulated Total 340,000㎡ 671,000㎡ 2,284,000㎡ 4,036,000㎡

>> Major Features of the Distripark

- Providing seamless cargo flow between port and Distripark and between Distripark
and inland roadways
- Land space will be flexible split and rented out based on customers’ needs
- Support facilities for more efficient international trade activities
- Connecting domestic and overseas logistics systems through an EDI network
and Port-MIS (Port Management Information System)

>> Marine Center

for international business support

A Marine Center will completed by 2009 in 35,000㎡of

area. It will be one-stop business center within the
Distripark in line with Gwangyang port development.
The center will provide terminal operators and customers
with speedy administrative services and convenient
facilities to create value-added international business.

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Global Free Trade Zone & Free Economic Zone By attracting global logistics businesses in the Gwangyang Port Free Trade Zone, the
Competitiveness port of Gwangyang will be developed into a hub for international trade and logistics
“Optimized business environment ”

Distripark
Container Facilities
Supporting Facilities
Park
Green
West Side East Side
Logistics Center
Distribution Center
CFS
Container Container Reefer
Container Container Container Terminal
Terminal Terminal Parking Lot
Terminal Terminal Phase II-2 Phase II-1 Phase I
Road
Control Facilities
Free Trade Zone

>> Free Trade Zone benefits

Eligible foreign invested companies investing especially in manufacturing and logistics will be exempted
taxes-corporate/ income/ acquisition/ registration/ property/ land taxes for the first 3 years and then a
50% reduction in these taxes for the next 2 years will be guaranteed.
- Exemption of indirect taxes such as customs duties, special consumption tax, and value-added tax
- Affordable lease (foreign invested companies: $2.50/100㎡/year, domestic companies :
$6.65/100㎡/year with a maximum lease period of 50 years guaranteed)
- Simplified customs procedures
※Gwangyang Port Free Trade Zone is also designated as Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone to
double benefits for foreign invested companies in business management, residence, education, and other
living conveniences.

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Global A variety of Incentives & Services
Competitiveness
“ The most competitive port dues in Northeast Asia ”

>> Government supportive policies; various incentives for shippers >> Safe and efficient port management service
and shipping liners
[Enhanced traffic in fairway]
- Section specially designated as a Deep Water Route and a Designated Area along
- The most competitive port fees the fairway in accordance with Maritime Traffic Safety Act
・ 100% exemption of port cost including dockage, wharfage
・ Volume incentive system for transshipment cargo, discounting the [Enhanced safety and efficiency in vessel arrival/departure]
- VTS(Vessel Traffic Service) system with implementing AIS(Automatic Identification
stevedoring fee
Systems) and PORT-MIS(Port Management Information System) based on EDI in a
・ Reduction of tuggage and pilotage sense of safe and efficient traffic management
・ Exemption of container tax - Flexible operation of pilot boarding position to shorten the turnaround time for container vessels

- The longest free storage of 30 days [State-of-the-art port operating and management system]
- Coastal shipping is allowed for foreign carriers between Busan and Gwangyang - Internet-based communications networks, EDI linked PORT-MIS to streamline information
sharing and to build a global logistics information networks.
for efficient container transportation. This enhances efficiency at port logistics process and increases port users convenience

Port Operation Cost compared with Asia’s major ports

>> Stable labor environment
( 4,400TEU-class vessel, load/discharge 1,000TEU including
T/S 400 TEU for 20 hours
)
280 Close cooperation between labor and management guarantees the world’
s best service
and strengthens port logistics competitiveness
158
155
127

100

(Unit : 1mil. TEU)

Gwangyang Qingdao Shanghai Busan Kobe
※Source : Korea Maritime Institute

VTS Center PORT-MIS & VTS Reasonable labor supply agreed

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Bright Future, Shining Gwangyang
Gwangyang is a prospective mega hub port for Korea
and Northeast Asia in the 21st century. It is a gateway linking the nation with TCR
and TSR, creates global values as a comprehensive logistics hub
and a heart of international trade through safe and efficient port operation services
Gwangyang always welcomes you with open arms!
Yeosu Regional Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Office do our best
to make your dreams come true.
Yeosu Regional Maritime Affairs & Fisheries Office, as one of the
subsidiary organization of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
takes charge of comprehensive duties in relation to maritime affairs and
fisheries of three cities and five counties in Southeast Jeolla Province.
Yeosu Regional Maritime Affairs & Fisheries Office carries out a wide
range of functions by focusing on construction and promotion of
Gwangyang Container Terminal which is emerging as a logistics hub of
Northeast Asia while also allotting resources in other duties including
sustainable development of fisheries and creating an advanced fisheries
base, conserving the marine environment and strengthening maritime
security, improving transportation for inland residents, boosting maritime
tourism, raising awareness of maritime issues.
All these efforts will bear a fruitful result for Yeosu・Gwangyang to be
posted as a maritime leader in the 21st century.
[ Office History ]
Jun. 1. 1923 Yeosu port opened
Feb. 1. 1949 Yeosu Maritime Affairs Bureau of Transportation Ministry
Dec. 12. 1955 Yeosu Regional Shipping Bureau of Transportation Ministry
Apr. 17. 1969 Samil Port opened
※LG oil refinery factory launched operation
Mar. 16. 1977 Yeocheon branch office opened
Dec. 16. 1977 Shipping & Port office
(Yeosu Regional Shipping & Port office)
Dec. 5. 1986 Gwangyang port opened (integrating Samil Port)
※ POSCO started Gwangyang Works operation
Oct. 1. 1987 Gwangyang branch office opened
Aug. 8. 1996 Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
(Yeosu Regional Shipping & Port office)
May 24. 1997 Yeosu Regional Maritime Affairs & Fisheries Office launched
Yeosu Regional Maritime Affairs & Fisheries Office
http://yeosu.momaf.go.kr
TEL. +82-61-660-9061~4 FAX. +82-61-665-0293
Gwangyang Port Logistics Supporting Center
TEL. +82-61-797-4470~2 FAX. +82-61-797-4477