HARBOR ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to facilitate harbor development projects and efficiently manage and operate ports and harbors by prescribing matters concerning the designation, development, management, and use of ports and harbors, and thereby to contribute to the development of the national economy.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Feb. 18, 2020; Jan. 4, 2022>

1. The term "harbor" means an establishment with facilities for the entry and departure of ships, the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers, the loading and unloading, storing, and handling of cargoes, waterfront activities, etc., as well as with facilities for creating added value through assembly, processing, packing, manufacturing, etc. of cargoes;

2. The term "trade port" means a harbor prescribed by Presidential Decree pursuant to Article 3 (1), which is closely related to the national economy and public interests, and into and from which mainly ocean-going ships enter and depart;

3. The term "coastal port" means a harbor prescribed by Presidential Decree pursuant to Article 3 (1), into and from which mainly ships operating between domestic ports enter and depart;

4. The term "harbor zone" means the water zone and land zone of a harbor;

5. The term "harbor facility" means any of the following facilities; and a facility designated and publicly notified by the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries if any of the following facilities is outside a harbor zone:

(a) Basic facilities:

(i) Water facilities, such as navigable waterway, anchoring basins, anchoring basins for small ships, and turning basins;

(ii) Peripheral facilities, such as breakwaters, groynes, wave breakers, tidal embankments, training dykes, lock gates, and revetments (referring to banks protecting coasts);

(iii) Port traffic facilities, such as roads, bridges, railroads, tramways, and canals;

(iv) Mooring facilities, such as quay walls, wharves for small ships, piers (referring to structures that take the form of viaducts, providing vessels with access to wharves), floating piers (referring to structures that float on water, to which vessels are tied up or which provide vessels with access to wharves), dolphins (referring to mooring posts), docks, and ramps (referring to inclined access roads);