The shipping platform

Location: Busan is located on the SE coast of the South General overview: Busan, the country's principal port is divided into five areas consisting of North Port, South Port, Gamcheon Port, Dadaepo Port and Busan New Port. North Port, the main harbour, has a natural deep water harbour divided by Yong Do into two areas, comprising of an inner and outer harbour. The inner harbour is due to be urbanised and its commercial shipping will be moved to other areas of the port. The outer harbour handles mainly container cargoes and large cruise ships. South Port is mainly used by coastal and fishing vessels. Gamcheon Harbour, which is being further developed, handles containers, dry and liquid bulk and ship repair/drydock facilities. Dadaepo Port is a small port for ferries and general cargo. Busan New Port (PNC), in the district of Kadeokdo area to the W of Busan, is currently under construction with the first 18 new container berths in operation. ● South Port South Port in the Port of Busan is the largest fishing base in South Korea. South Port is home to the Busan Cooperative Fish Market which accounts for 30% of the nation's total marine products sales volume. South Port covers a total of 90 thousand square meters. It includes over 4.1 kilometers of quays and a 400-meter breakwater. The waterfront area covers 23.9 thousand square meters. ● Gamcheon Port Gamcheon Port was created to handle increasing cargo volumes entering and leaving the Port of Busan and to supplement the North Port. Gamcheon Port boasts piers for deep-sea fishing vessels and costal general cargo vessels. It also includes a ship repair yard. The Port of Busan's Gamcheon Port handles some 12 million tons of cargo per year. Gamcheon Port covers a total area of more than 153 hectares. It contains over 6.6 kilometers of quays and a 1150 meter breakwater. ● Busan New Port The Port of Busan continues to grow as its volume of container traffic increases. Busan New Port contains the north, south, and west container quays on Gudak Island. The quay wall of Busan New Port has berthing space of 9.95 kilometers (6.1 miles) with 30 ship berths and the capacity to handle over eight million TEUs per year. Container Terminals: ● Port of Busan Gamman Container Terminal The Port of Busan's Gamman Container Terminal opened in April 1998. Four companies operate at the terminal: Korea Express Company Limited, Hanjin Shipping Company Limited, Global Enterprise Company Limited, and Hutchison Korea Company Limited. The facilities include 1.4 kilometers of quays and berthing capacity for four 50 thousand ton vessels. The Gamman Container Terminal in the Port of Busan covers 731 thousand square meters and has capacity to handle 1.2 million TEUs each year. ● Port of Busan Shinsundae Container Terminal The Shinsundae Container Terminal in the Port of Busan opened in 1991. Operated by Pusan East Container Terminal Company Limited, the facilities include 1.2 kilometers of quays and capacity to berth four 50 thousand TON vessels. Covering a total of over one million square meters, the Shinsundae terminal can handle 1.2 million TEUs per year. ● Port of Busan Singamman Container Terminal The Singamman Container Terminal opened in the Port of Busan in 2002, and it is operated by Dongbu Pusan Container Terminal Company Limited. The facilities include 826 meters of quays that can berth two 50 thousand ton and one five thousand ton vessels. The terminal covers 308 thousand square meters and can handle 650 thousand TEUs of cargo per year. ● Port of Busan Gamcheon Container Terminal Operated by Hanjin Shipping Company Limited, the Port of Busan's Gamcheon Container Terminal opened in 1997. It contains 600 meters of quays with capacity to berth two 50 thousand ton vessels. This Port of Busan terminal covers 148 thousand square meters, and it can handle 340 thousand TEUs of cargo per year. ● Passenger Terminal In the Port of Busan's North Port are other cargo- and passenger-handling facilities. The International Passenger Terminal opened in 1978 under joint public operation. The terminal handles both passengers and cargo in the Port of Busan. The quay is 460 meters long with alongside depths from one to 8.6 meters. The quay can berth one 10 thousand ton, one three thousand ton, and two 200 ton vessels at one time, and the quay has capacity to handle 318 thousand tons of cargo. Imports: Cement, grain, machinery, oil, timber, steel products and containerised general cargo. Exports: Machinery, manufactured products and containerised cargoes. Traffic figures: Approx 83,547 vessels, 200,000,000t of cargo, 14,200,000TEU and 25,000 passengers handled annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: Busan Port: LOA 350m, draught 15.0m, 50,000DWT. Busan New Port: 13,000TEU Container vessels, draught 15.0m. The largest vessel called at the port: LOA: 366 m, draught: 13.2 m, deadweight: 173,759 t.