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Busan Holds Talks with Key Companies at Gamcheon Port to Build a “Blue Food” Export Logistics Hub

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Busan Metropolitan City Mayor Park Heong-joon announced that the city will hold a meeting to understand on-site challenges faced by tenant companies at the Fisheries Processing Advanced Complex and by the refrigerated and frozen storage industry, and to explore directions for policy support at the International Fisheries Products Distribution and Management Office in Amnam-dong, Seo-gu.

The event will take place tomorrow, Jan. 31, at 14:00 at the PR Hall and meeting room of the Fisheries Processing Advanced Complex in Seo-gu, with around 40 attendees including Mayor Park Heong-joon, companies in the Fisheries Processing Advanced Complex, and businesses from the refrigerated and frozen storage industry.

This meeting has been arranged to hear about difficulties and pending issues encountered in the field by tenant companies at the Fisheries Processing Advanced Complex and the refrigerated and frozen storage industry, and to discuss solutions.

In particular, the city plans to discuss practical measures to revitalize the Fisheries Processing Advanced Complex and strengthen the competitiveness of the refrigerated and frozen storage industry, while seeking directions for policy support that reflect voices from the field.

The event will be conducted in two parts: (1) a forum for communication with companies in the Fisheries Processing Advanced Complex, and (2) a forum for communication with the refrigerated and frozen storage industry.

Part 1 (14:00–14:45) will be held at the complex’s PR Hall and is expected to address the expansion of public transportation for tenant companies and workers at the complex, solutions to parking issues within the complex, and measures to develop the seafood food industry in the Gamcheon Port area.

Part 2 (14:45–15:30) will be held in the complex’s meeting room with the refrigerated and frozen storage industry, and is expected to cover matters such as revitalizing the refrigerated and frozen storage industry, fostering related industries, and enhancing external competitiveness.

Meanwhile, Busan Metropolitan City plans to actively follow up on the items discussed at the meeting—through sufficient consultation with relevant organizations and by securing necessary project budgets—to do its utmost to resolve difficulties in the industrial field.

The city will also work to accelerate the early start of construction of the seafood food industry cluster currently being designed in Amnam-dong, Seo-gu, and will proceed step by step, in consultation with relevant agencies, on key tasks in fisheries processing and seafood logistics. These include linking to central government support programs to respond to carbon neutrality—such as transitioning to eco-friendly refrigerants—and providing related consulting; as well as reviewing improvements to operating conditions for the processing complex, including parking and traffic conditions.

In addition, Busan Metropolitan City will continue efforts to build Asia’s largest global “Blue Food” export logistics hub by linking the nation’s first Fisheries Processing Advanced Complex—where 56 processing plants are concentrated—with the cold chain system of refrigerated and frozen warehouses that have the country’s largest refrigeration capacity, and by pursuing designation of a special zone to support food companies in the Gamcheon Port area.

• ●Refrigeration capacity: Busan 1.48 million tons (nationwide 2.97 million tons), 50% (No. 1) / Seafood processing output: Busan 383 thousand tons (nationwide 1,103 thousand tons), 35% (No. 1) / Seafood processing production value: Busan KRW 1.9 trillion (nationwide KRW 8.0 trillion), 24% (No. 2)

Mayor Park Heong-joon emphasized, “Despite difficult conditions such as instability in global supply chains and rising raw material prices, our fisheries companies have steadfastly sustained the field for the development of Busan’s food industry and fisheries logistics industry. I hope this meeting will serve as an opportunity to share on-the-ground challenges faced by our seafood food industry and the refrigerated and frozen storage industry, and to seek reasonable solutions together.”

He added, “We will continue policy efforts while maintaining ongoing communication with the industry on the ground, so that Busan Metropolitan City can establish itself as a center for seafood food and fisheries logistics and as a global hub city for oceans and fisheries.”