Incheon harbor has a lock system to control the level of water in the port. As a result I stayed up top to watch the ship maneuver into the locks (pic. 1). We were a tight fit with the captain and the Korean pilot out on the bridge extension maneuvering the ship and checking through the window down to the water to make sure they weren't going to scrape the sides (pic. 2). Pic. 3 shows how tight it really was. The ship in the lock next to us had many scrapes on it sides. Pic. 4 shows the lock closing behind the ship going through the lock next to us. The red metal gate is coming out to seal them in so the water level can be lowered to sea level.
The last pic shows cars at the harbor, likely for export as Hyundai and Kia are headquartered in Korea. I asked our guide what field young people most wanted to go into and she said financial due to there being good incentives in banking.
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