• 'Establishing a belt of convergence industry with new industries' including international logistics and business in the West Coast Rim
• To create the Gold Belt of international business and new industries

• To create the Gold Belt of international business and new industries West Coast Gold Belt of New Industries in West Coast Rim

• To build an international logistics and business hub in northeast Asia
• To formulate an industrial belt of the highest order through the linkage and convergence among strategic industries
• To establish a belt of experiential tourism based on marine resources and mixed leisure under a certain theme
• To formulate the central axis of Korean economy through a system for domestic and global linkage and cooperation

Ports of Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Strengthened global competitiveness of ports and industrial parks, intensified the economic infrastructure of cities and urban areas, and contributed to improving the residential and living environment of those urban areas

• Equipped with a one-stop complex comprised of ports, logistics complex, industrial parks, etc.
• Handling 35% of the northern European transshipment traffic, or 4.07 million tons as of 2006
• Equipped with the complex transport system in connection with the Schiphol Airport and European railways

Examples of maritime transport and marine tourism in the Baltic Sea

Linked together major coastal countries around the Baltic Sea via passenger ship
St. Petersburg (Russia), Tallinn (Estonia), Riga (Latvia), Helsinki (Finland), Stockholm (Sweden), Oslo (Norway), Rostock (Germany)

• Equipped with a one-stop complex comprised of ports, logistics complex, industrial parks, etc.
• Satisfying tourism demand for the coastal countries, and round-trip demand for international business
• Attracting European tourists by developing tourism products linked to neighboring areas