1949 to 1980s

• • March 1949Held the inaugural meeting of the Korea Federation of Shipping Associations
  • September 1949Approval of establishment of Korea Federation of Shipping Associations (Minister of Transportation)
    Established the Korea Federation of Shipping Associations (10-unit associations)
• • July 1958Implemented the mutual-aid (deduction) ship project
• • July 1960Implemented the mutual-aid (deduction) passenger project
• • March 1962Held the inaugural meeting of the KSA (Korea Shipping Association)
  • July 1962Approval of establishment of Korea Shipping Association and approval of inauguration of executives (Ministry of Transportation)
    Registered in Seoul District Court to establish Korea Shipping Association
• • November 1969Promulgated the amendment of the enforcement decree of the Korea Shipping Association Act
    (Presidential Decree No. 4286)
• • January 1973Started safety management business of passenger ships (17 people)
• • January 1974Implemented the mutual-aid seaman project
• • January 1976Started supplying duty-free oil to all coastal passenger ships
• • March 1978Started Busan Port Passenger Terminal Management
• • February 1980Started Jeju Port No. 2 Passenger Terminal Management
  • March 1980Started Mokpo Port passenger Terminal Management
  • September 1980Acquisition and operation of Seogwipo Port Passenger Terminal
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1981 to 2000s

• • August 1985Relocation of the Association to Yangpyeong-dong Building
• • November 1991Established Labor Union
• • May 1998Launched the Protection and Indemnity (P&I) business for shipowners
• • May 2000Construction and relocation of Association's new Deungchon-dong building

2001 to 2010s

• • April 2001Acquired ISO 9001: 2000 / KSA 9001: 2001 Certification
• • June 2002Acquired Document of Compliance (DOC)
• • May 2003Selected as the best government-affiliated organization (by Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries)
  • December 2003Exceeded more than 10 million coastal passenger transport
• • June 2005Expanded the mutual-aid (deduction) claim network to Southeast Asia
  • October 2005Opened the inter-Korean Maritime Transport Support Center / Established the Seaman Wage Claim Guarantee Fund
• • February 2006Opened Legal Support Center
• • July 2008Completed the construction of the mutual-aid (deduction) system for next-generation
  • November 2008Operation of Marine Insurance School

After 2011

• • January 2012Operated directly by the Association of the computerized ticketing system for coastal passenger ships
• • April 2015Earned the status of a UK Government P&I designated insurer
• • January 2016Conducted the mutual-aid (deduction) shipbuilding project
• • January 2017Newly established Busan Regional Headquarters and reorganized the Association
• • April 2018Inaugurated the 21st Chairman, Byung-kyu Lim