Hyung-Eun (Peter) Chung
Seoul, Republic of Korea

Forty years moving cargo to the places it is hardest to move

Maritime and multimodal logistics executive. Ten years as the sole and exclusive shipping agent for KOICA, directing Korean government relief and ODA logistics into more than fifty recipient countries. Now chairing an industry task force on humanitarian relief logistics and building a Korea–Europe freight corridor through the Port of Koper.

Hyung-Eun (Peter) Chung
40+
Years in shipping & forwarding
50+
Countries served on relief & ODA missions
10
Years as KOICA’s sole & exclusive shipping agent

Now

2026 –

Chairman, Humanitarian Relief Logistics Task Force

International Shipping Agencies Association of Korea (ISAAK) · Advisor to the Association

Proposed the Task Force to the ISAAK board and was appointed its first chairman. The platform is pro bono. It convenes member agencies and global carriers on routing, sanctions compliance and relief slot allocation, and is currently structuring the European corridor for KOICA’s Ukraine assistance programme.

Representative Director, Korea Freight Services Ltd.

Seoul · Company incorporated 2005

Took full ownership and the representative directorship in 2026 to restart the company as an operating freight forwarder, re-establishing its international forwarding and NVOCC business with a focus on Korea–Europe corridors.

Career

1981 – 2022
2013 – 2022
Representative Director · Pentagon Freight Services Korea Limited

Korean joint venture with a UK principal. Oil and Energy sector logistics.

2005 – 2022
Founder & President · Korea Freight Services Ltd.

International Freight Forwarding and NVOCC, Sea and Air — Project cargoes.

1996 – 2005
Vice President · Global Express & Korea Maritime Co., Ltd.

Sole and Exclusive Shipping Agent for KOICA [GEX]; General Agent for SAFMARINE, LYKES LINES, IRISL, PRO-LINE and L&B etc. [KMC]

1989 – 1995
President · World Shipping & Air Co., Ltd.

International Freight Forwarding and NVOCC, Sea and Air and Project cargoes.

1986 – 1989
Manager · Dong Sung Shipping Co., Ltd.

General Agent in Korea for the OT Africa Line and Crosstrades of the United Kingdom.

1981 – 1986
Deck Officer at Sea

Apprentice officer on bulk carriers, Third officer on container ships and Second officer on chemical tankers.

Record

Six bodies of work

Education

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M.A., International Development ConsultingKyung Hee University · 2011–2014
China Advanced Management ProgramSeoul National University, GSIS · 2015
B.B.A., Business AdministrationKorea National Open University
Navigation & Maritime Officer CertificationMokpo National Maritime College · 1979–1981