Incheon Airport, the world’s No. 3 in air cargo, steps up traffic safety at logistics sites

[Financial News] Incheon International Airport, the world’s third-largest airport for air cargo, is moving to strengthen traffic safety management at logistics sites. The core of the effort is to prevent accidents and raise safety awareness among on-site workers through a safety campaign involving companies based at the cargo terminals and logistics complex. The plan is to strengthen its position as a global air logistics hub by ensuring stable logistics operations as well as maintaining its competitiveness in air cargo handling.
Incheon International Airport Corporation said on the 11th that it held the “Incheon Airport Traffic Safety ON DAY” campaign for air logistics workers on the 10th around Incheon Airport’s cargo terminals and logistics complex.
The event was organized to promote a culture of putting traffic safety into practice at Incheon Airport’s air logistics operations, a key gateway for national exports, and to establish a safety culture shared by tenant companies and workers.
About 200 air logistics workers attended the event, including Kim Beom-ho, acting president of Incheon International Airport Corporation, and Chang-kyu Kim, head of the Operations Division. Participants took part in various programs, including awards for outstanding traffic safety practices, pledges to practice traffic safety, and Safety Dream food trucks.
In particular, Incheon International Airport Corporation shared examples of traffic safety improvements by tenant companies to expand voluntary safety management activities at logistics sites.
A total of 14 companies took part in the “Traffic Safety Improvement Activities Case Competition,” held last October for companies based at the cargo terminals and logistics complex. The corporation selected four outstanding cases following an online vote.
Korean Air and Korea Airport Service Co., Ltd., both based at the cargo terminals, and CJ Logistics and DSV Contract Logistics, based at the logistics complex, were selected as outstanding companies. The corporation shared the results of each company’s traffic safety activities through an awards ceremony and screenings of videos showcasing outstanding practices.
The corporation also held a ceremony with tenant companies to pledge to practice traffic safety. Participatory events, including Safety Dream food trucks and traffic safety pledges by workers, were held at 11 locations in the cargo terminals and logistics complex.
Incheon Airport is a global logistics hub that ranked third in the world last year by air cargo throughput. The corporation believes that raising the level of on-site safety management, alongside improving the operational efficiency of logistics facilities, is important to maintaining its air cargo handling capabilities.
It said cooperation among tenant companies on safety management is necessary, particularly because various transport vehicles and logistics workers move around the cargo terminals and logistics complex.
Kim Beom-ho, acting president of Incheon International Airport Corporation, said, “Incheon Airport was able to rank third in the world for air cargo throughput in 2025 thanks to the tenant companies and workers who have worked tirelessly on the front lines of air logistics.”
He added, “To sustain this achievement, it is important to create a safe logistics environment alongside logistics competitiveness,” and stressed, “We will continue to work with tenant companies to make Incheon Airport a safe airport worthy of a world-class air logistics hub.”
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