Port profile · KRKPO
Pohang
Pohang is a small open roadstead on the Sea of Japan, in South Korea. Its UN/LOCODE is KRKPO. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Pohang offers fuel oil, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Pohang and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Pohang offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 70.7 m
- Beam
- 60 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Pohang, 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
- Good
- Entrance restrictions
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Pohang
Other South Korea ports on the same stretch of coast.
- UlsanSouth Korea · KRUSN
- BusanSouth Korea · KRPUS
- JinhaeSouth Korea · KRCHF
- MasanSouth Korea · KRMAS
- GeojeSouth Korea · KRKJE
- TonghaeSouth Korea · KRTGA
- MukhoSouth Korea · KRMUK
- GwangyangSouth Korea · KRKAN
Questions about Pohang
What is the UN/LOCODE of Pohang?
The UN/LOCODE of Pohang is KRKPO.
Is pilotage compulsory in Pohang?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Pohang as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Pohang?
Yes. Pohang offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Pohang can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 70.7 m long, 60 m wide for Pohang.
Is Pohang a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Pohang.
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