Jeju Port

The Jeju Port serves as one of the primary points of entry and exit into and out of the province of Jeju, apart from the Jeju International Airport. With the significance of Jeju as a tourist destination escalating by the day, the Jeju Port too sees massive developmental work and the induction of newer sailing routes.

About The Jeju Port

Jeju Port, South Korea has six sailing routes, on which ply a dozen ships, each weighing between 600 and 5,600 tons. There are ships six times weekly from the Jeju Port to the other major Korean ports like Busan and Incheon. These ships ferry about 2,401,000 passengers annually, which amount to about six percent of the total number of people coming in and going out of Jeju every year. There are also ships from the Jeju Port to ports in Japan.

The Future Of Jeju Port

With Jeju playing an increasingly important role in the economy of South Korea, the importance of Jeju Port as a major transit point for both passengers and cargo has increased over the years. This has resulted in the expansion of operations at the port in Jeju, South Korea.

To elaborate, there are serious plans to raise the anchorage capability of the Jeju Port to 20 ships weighing more than 1,000 tons and up to 80,000 tons by the end of 2011. There are also plans in the pipeline to have the Jeju Port transformed into a nucleus for international cruise liners too.

Furthermore, there are plans underway to construct a 1,425 meter breakwater in the likes of a slit caisson to protect the Jeju Port extension.

The massive developmental work going on in the Jeju Port and the increasing significance of the Jeju Port in the Jeju tourism and trade scenes, only point out to the fact the port serves as something more than just a destination for transportation in Jeju.