The Jeju Civilian-Military Complex Port was completed on Friday after almost 10 years of construction, and is expected to work as the choke point pressuring North Korea’s marine transportation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the South Korean navy said.

“The naval forces stationed at the Jeju Civilian-Military Complex Port will be deployed to counter North Korean provocations,” the South Korean Navy wrote on Friday.

“Also, due to the port’s geographical advantages, it can play a major role in blocking North Korea’s marine transportation of WMD.”

The completion of the port comes amid the U.S.’s presentationof a new sanctions