The shipping platform

Location: Yosu (also known as Yeosu) is situated on the S coast of South Korea, approx 167km SW of Busan. Yosu is located on the south coast, at the entrance and within Gwangyang Bay. General overview: Yosu Port is administered by the Yeosu Reginal Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Office and consists of the ports of Yosu and Gwangyang. Yosu Port consists of a north and south harbour. The North harbour (new port) lies at the southern end of Yosu Bay. The South harbour (old port) lies in the narrow passage between the North harbour and Dolsan-Do. Deep water berths are concentrated in the North harbour. Mostly fishing and coastal vessels use the South harbour. There is also an oil tanker terminal. The port is a centre for passenger and cargo connecting scattered islands and main land and supporting neighbouring port of Gwangyang. The principal exports are cereals, apples and cocoons, imports are oil and coal. Berthing facilities consist of old berths (mostly suitable for small-sized vessels for handling Resin and General cargoes), Nakpo (Samil) General Cargo Pier (4 berths for fertilizers, salt, and raw materials; there are 3 units of shore loader and unloader where loading/discharging rate will be about 4,500 to 8,000 MT per day depends on ship's size and cargo) and Nakpo Pier for Chemical cargoes. Main terminals are: -KNOC Terminal (4 berths for oil products); -U-1 Terminal (1 berth for oil products); -GS Caltex Crude Oil Terminal (3 berths for oil products); -Sapo Terminal 1 (1 berth for oil products); -Sapo Terminal 2 (1 berth for oil products); -LPG and E1 Gas Terminal (2 berths for LPG and LNG); -Nakpo Terminal (5 berths for containerised cargo); -LG VMC (1 berth for LPG); -GS Caltex Product Terminal Gwangyang (8 berths for oil products); Cosmos Terminal (1 berth for LPG) Traffic figures: Approx 8,300,000 t of cargo are handled annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: 325,000DWT, draught: 21 m. Passengers: 80,000 dwt, depth 9.0 m. The largest vessel called at the port: LOA: 340 m, draught: 16.4 m, deadweight: 321,050t.