Busan Mayor Jeon Jae-soo visits England and Germany... Discussing maritime and port cooperation

Busan Mayor Jeon Jae-soo will visit London, England, and Frankfurt and Hamburg, Germany from the 11th to the 18th to discuss ways for international cooperation in the maritime, port, and design fields.

First, Mayor Jeon will visit London, England, to the London Association of Maritime Arbitrators, the British Chamber of Shipping, and the British Maritime Court to look at advanced examples of international maritime arbitration and maritime legal services.

Mayor Jeon seeks ways to foster the maritime professional legal service industry and strengthen international maritime dispute resolution capabilities in connection with the Busan Maritime International Commercial Court, which is scheduled to open in March 2028.

We plan to visit “The O2,” a cultural complex, and use it as a reference in designing future cultural and tourism infrastructure such as the North Port Complex Dome Arena.

Next, they will attend the official handover ceremony for the 2028 World Design Capital (WDC) held in Frankfurt, Germany, take over the official title as the host city, and meet with the mayor of Frankfurt and the president and incoming president of the World Design Organization (WDO).

Lastly, we move to Hamburg, Germany, meet with Hamburg Port Authority officials, and inspect the port and Elbphilharmonie.

We will also share urban development experiences with the president of HafenCity Hamburg Limited and the mayor of Hamburg and discuss ways to exchange and cooperate.

We will look at Hamburg's port operations and eco-friendly and smart port conversion policies, and explore ways to expand cooperation between the ports of both cities.

We met with the president of HafenCity Hamburg Limited, which oversees the development of HafenCity, and heard about his experience in developing idle port sites that can be applied to the second phase of the North Port redevelopment project.

Mayor Jeon Jae-soo said, “This European tour will be an opportunity for Busan to leap forward as a global maritime capital by looking at advanced cases in the maritime, port, and design fields and expanding the foundation for international cooperation.”