Pre-Smart Ports and Island Logistics Resilience: The Case of Jeju

Island ports are more exposed to weather changes as they have limited infrastructures and fragmented logistics networks, which makes it very difficult to carry out a full-scale smart-port development in the near future. This research presents the idea of the Pre-Smart Port as a temporary but still efficient way to increase the operational resilience of Jeju Port. By studying the different situations of Okinawa(Japan), the Azores(Portugal), and the Canary Islands(Spain), the paper recognizes the shared structural problems of these regions, such as dependency on the route, exposure to the environment, and limitations of the capacity, and draws considerable lessons that can be implemented in Jeju. The analysis underlines the worth of simple and light digital solutions such as PCS-lite platforms, weather–operations integration systems, cold-chain visibility tools, and port-community coordination mechanisms. These initial digital interventions have the potential to make the supply of essential goods more predictable, stabilize their logistics, and deepen the coordination of multimodal transport.