South Jeolla Province convened a meeting on the 14th of November with relevant organizations to discuss strategies for transforming Mokpo Port into a multifunctional hub that integrates industry, energy, and tourism. Participants reviewed development plans aimed at strengthening the port’s role as a key support base for industrial growth across the southwestern region.
Development strategies:
- Reestablishing the functions of Mokpo Port and expanding the wharf
- Establishing a hub port to support the offshore wind power industry
- Regenerating the port and linking it with tourism and the city
- Renewing old wharfs
- Strategies to respond to preliminary feasibility studies
Direction for advancing Key Development Projects:
- The development of dedicated and shared offshore wind power wharves in the Hwawon Industrial Complex
- The expansion of Mokpo New Port’s support wharf and hinterland complex
- The inner harbor regeneration project and passenger wharf expansion
- The development of a comprehensive Mokpo Port development plan and feasibility study
Through these initiatives, the province seeks to transform Mokpo Port into a multifunctional hub that integrates automotive, steel, general cargo, recycling, and tourism functions, while strengthening Jeollanam-do’s maritime competitiveness as a key industrial and energy center for the southwestern region.