The Maritime and Aviation Disputes Team of HMP Law launched a “Busan Branch meeting of young workers in the shipping, shipbuilding and logistics industries” in the main conference room on the 28^th Floor of the Hanjin Shipping Building, Busan (Jungang-dong 4-ga, Jung-gu), on April 7, 2017.

Established with workers and interested persons in their 20s and 30s in July 2016, the meeting of young workers in the shipping, shipbuilding and logistics industries currently has about 100 members acting online and offline. Created for the purpose of jointly seeking guidance and advice from lectures given by guest speakers, the group has held three official meetings at which president Yang Chang-ho from Korea Maritime Institute (KMI), CEO Yang Jin-ho from Hayne Shipping Co. Ltd. and Chairman Yeom Jeong-ho from Korea Shipbrokers Association each gave lectures.  

Sung Woo-rin, organizer of the group and an attorney in the Maritime and Aviation Disputes Division of HMP, stated, “I received many requests to start a meeting in Busan, long Korea’s most important maritime city and a logistics center for Northeast Asia where a number of shipping, shipbuilding and logistics companies are based. Young workers in Busan can play a pivotal role in rehabilitating the depressed shipping, shipbuilding and logistics industries.”

Recently, the Korea Tonnage Bank moved into the Busan International Finance Center (BIFC). Yang Jae-saeng, CEO of Eunsan Shipping & Aircargo Co. Ltd. (a top Busan logistics company), was a speaker at the first official meeting held in Busan on April 7, 2017. Yang started his business with only five employees and a capital of KRW 30 million of bank financing in 1993. Now, Eunsan has a turnover of KRW 300 billion per year, with 350 employees, and has become one of Korea’s top logistics companies. As a very passionate entrepreneur who has achieved great success, Yang shared with the young participants his various experiences and know-how accumulated over his 25 years in the industry.