T-LOG2022 Technical Visits: Incheon National University

Gyeongin Ara Waterway Logistics Complex, 21 September 2022.

I attended the 9th International Conferences on Transport and Logistics (T-LOG2022) at the Graduate School of Logistics at the Incheon National University. I chaired the panel on the Shipping and Port Industry and then participated in a day of technical site visits.

Entrance to Incheon National University.

The site visits commenced with an introduction to the Incheon Free Economic Zone.

Korean Air Cargo Terminal, Incheon International Airport, 21 September 2022.

The logistics solution to the free trade zone's transfer of air freight in the Korean Air Cargo Terminal was interesting and hectic!

Inside the Korean Air Cargo Terminal, 21 September 2022.

We then went from the airport to the entrance to the canal that connects Incheon International Airport to Gimpo International Airport. The canal doubles as a way to drain the nearby flood plain.

Gyeongin Ara Waterway.

Connecting the Han River to the Yellow Sea had been planned hundreds of years before Korea had the earthmoving technology to make it a reality. The result was the Gyeongin Ara Waterway, completed in 2012.

Looking toward the Yellow Sea.

Lunch was a traditional Korean affair. Thank you, Incheon National University and T-LOG! That was an excellent event!

Traditional Korean Meal. A bit tough on the old knees!

We also visited the Ara Skywalk which juts out over the canal.

Looking down while standing on the Ara Skywalk.

The weather was great!

View from the Ara Skywalk.

The technical site visits finished at the Ara Marina Gimpo.

Briefing at the Ara Marina Gimpo.

Bank of Korea: What can Australia Learn?

 

Historical Monetary Policy Board Meeting Room [Michael de Percy CC BY-ND 4.0]

It's interesting what one can learn from technical site visits (such as Korean Air Cargo Terminal), but also surprising how attending small-scale specialist museums stimulates one's thinking. I will return to this later but for now, here are some links relating to Korea's Money Museum.

Link to paper on the history of Korean monetary policy.

Money Museum website.

Money Museum flyer.

What are the possibilities for hydrogen?

Speaking at the CILT International Congress, 25th October 2022.

Here are the notes from my presentation with John Poljak from keynumbers to the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport's International Conference 2022 at the Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency, Perth, WA. The conference was held over the period 23-26 October 2022. 

The presentation focused on the policy aspects of hydrogen and addressed the following issues:

• Why hydrogen?
• Does hydrogen plug the renewables gap?
• From high to low density means more volume to move!
• Is hydrogen cost effective?
• Hydrogen: Where is it at?
• The policy landscape and hydrogen.

Speaking at the CILT World Congress in Perth, 25th October 2022.

The slides from our presentation are available below:

One of the highlights of the conference was the guest speaker at the Gala Dinner on the evening of 25th October. Rosco McGlashan OAM, "the fastest Aussie on earth" (500mph land speed record holder), spoke about his love for speed and his forthcoming 1,000mph attempt at the land speed record in Aussie Invader 5R. I was fortunate enough to meet him. 

Rosco McGlashan OAM (left) wth Dr Michael de Percy (right)

I said to Rosco, "I'll be your reserve driver!"
To which Rosco replied, "Nah, Mate, you'd probably trash it!"
What a legend! Godspeed, Rosco!