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Korean Port Information
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1)
PILOTAGE |
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Pilotage
is compulsory. 26 Pilots are available day and night, and board vessels
off the entrance of the outer harbour, not breakwater.
Pilot station : 35°04′00″N 129°08′10″E
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2)
QUARANTINE |
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Pratique
is granted to vessels at specified quarantine anchorage located in the
north outer harbour as position 35°05.0′N, 129°07′15″E and for deep
draft vessels pratique is granted at A-5 nd A-9, A-10 anchorages with
water depth of 27 to 31 meters.
No
vessel can proceed to berth or have any contact with the port prior to
quarantine inspection and clearance (except vessels entering into this
port from another Korean port where pratique had already been granted).
Though
the regular hours quarantine clearance are from sunrise to sunset,
arrangement may be made for any other times in special cases on
application during normal office hours.
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3)
CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION |
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The
normal official working hours of the Customs and Immigration services
are :
Weekday : 09 : 00 to 18 : 00 hrs,
Saturday : 09 : 00 to 13 : 00 hrs.
Arrival
and departure may be effected outside the above hours and as far as
possible, application for these should be made during the above office
hours.
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4)
HARBOUR LIMITS AND BREAKWATER |
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Harbour limits :
The
limit of Pusan harbour is a line extending from southern head of the
Haeundai Dongbaek Island (35°04.7′N, 129°01′02″E) through to head of
the Oryuk-Do and joining top of the Saeng-Do, this line running again
westward to the Jo-Do and across southwest to the Yokmang Mountain.
b) Breakwater
The
northern harbour is protected by two breakwaters on its southeasterly
side. However, adverse wind from south may cause a heavy sea to run in
the northern outer harbour. A light is shown on the north and south
breakwater heads.
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5)
ENTRANCE RESTRICTIONS |
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Vessels
are subject to be required anchor to specified quarantine anchorage for
quarantine customs, and immigrations inspections.
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6)
ANCHORAGE |
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In the inner harbour, there are specified 10
anchorages for ocean going vessels including three(3) mooring buoy
berths.
The outer harbour (out of breakwater), there are total 17 anchorages
for deep draft vessels and 2 waiting zones.
The
Kamchon area, there are total 23 anchorages for supplying power
station's coal, cement, log carriers and tank cleaning tankers, etc.
All are of free swinging and good shelter with good holding ground of
mud.
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7)
BERTHS FACILITIES |
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There
are total of 86 alongside public berth (excluding berth of pier No.8
and Dong myung pier) for the ocean going cargo vessels. Piers 1,2,3,4
and the central pier are for loading and discharging break bulk cargoes
and, at the same time, pier 1 has a berth for car-ferries running
between Pusan and Shimonoseki, Hakada, Japan and the car-ferry route
between Pusan and Yantai is in service.
Piers
5 and 6 are used as container terminals with a berthing capacity of up
to 50,000dwt ships with 9 gantry cranes installed each of which is
capable of lifting 40 tons. Pier 5 also has grain silos which have an
annual capacity to handle 1.4 million tons of grain. Pier 7 can handle
steel scrap, coal and iron ore and, at the same time, provides a
terminal for passenger ships running between Pusan and Cheju island.
To
cope with increasing cargo traffic through the port, additional
containe terminals are slated for construction and an auxiliary port is
to be built at Kamchon, north of Pusan.
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PIER |
LENGTH(M) |
DEPTH(M) |
BERTHING
CAPACITY(GRT) |
NO.OF BERTH |
CARGO |
NO.1 |
629 |
8-10 |
10,000 |
3 |
G.CARGO,CONTAINER |
NO.2 |
924 |
6.5 10 |
20,000
10,000
4,000 |
1 3
1 |
G.CARGO
CONTAINER
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CENTRAL PIER |
646 |
9 |
10,000 |
4 |
G.CARGO
CONTAINER
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NO.3 |
1,145 |
8-9 |
20,000
10,000
5,000 |
1
4
2 |
G.CARGO
CONTAINER
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NO.4 |
1,311 |
5.5-8.2 |
20,000
10,000
5,000
4,000 |
4
4
1
1 |
G.CARGO
CONTAINER
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GRAIN TERMINAL
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371 |
11.5 |
50,000 |
1 |
GRAIN |
NO.7 |
667 |
7.5-10.5 |
15,000
6,000
5,000 |
1
1
2 |
G.CARGO |
NO.8 |
1,000 |
5-10 |
15,000
10,000
1,000 |
3
2
3 |
SPECIALIZED
CARGO |
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