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 conflict and disaster zones. 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 missions
10
Years as KOICA’s exclusive 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 carrier head offices 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

Korean joint venture with a UK principal. Oil and energy logistics for Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries and DSME.

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

International freight forwarding and NVOCC, sea and air — project cargo, timber and IT trading shipments.

1996 – 2005
Vice President · Global Express & Korea Maritime

Sole and exclusive shipping agent for KOICA; general agency for SAFMARINE, LYKES LINES, IRISL and PRO-LINE.

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

International freight forwarding for European principals including SAIREX GmbH and ESH.

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

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

1981 – 1986
Deck Officer · Pan Ocean, Korea Line, Bowoon Shipping

Apprentice officer, third officer and second officer on bulk carriers, container ships and 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