Port profile · KRPUS
Busan
Busan is a large coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Korea Strait, in South Korea. Its UN/LOCODE is KRPUS. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Busan offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a large dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Busan
What members see for Busan, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Busan day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Busan and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Busan offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Large
- Slipway
- Medium
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 139.7 m
- Beam
- 61.5 m
- Draft
- 15 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Busan, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Busan
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Busan, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 7 | 1 | 14% |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 13% |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 5.2 deficiencies on average. Most often found: working and living conditions, pollution prevention.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Busan, and what was found.
Ports near Busan
Other South Korea ports on the same stretch of coast.
- JinhaeSouth Korea · KRCHF
- MasanSouth Korea · KRMAS
- GeojeSouth Korea · KRKJE
- UlsanSouth Korea · KRUSN
- PohangSouth Korea · KRKPO
- GwangyangSouth Korea · KRKAN
- TonghaeSouth Korea · KRTGA
- MukhoSouth Korea · KRMUK
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Questions about Busan
What is the UN/LOCODE of Busan?
The UN/LOCODE of Busan is KRPUS.
Is pilotage compulsory in Busan?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Busan as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Busan?
Yes. Busan offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Busan have a dry dock?
Yes. Busan has a large dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Busan can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 139.7 m long, 61.5 m wide, 15 m draft for Busan.
Is Busan a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Busan.
How many port state control inspections are there in Busan?
8 port state control inspections were recorded in Busan in 2025, and 1 of them ended in a detention.
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