🇰🇷 South Korea
Pacific Ocean · Container Terminal
In the last 180 days, ArcNautical recorded 315 vessel arrivals at Busan, with Cargo accounting for 34% of port calls — lower than the Pacific Ocean regional average of 52%. Voyages from Busan in South Korea cross the world's largest ocean basin, where route optimisation and weather routing have significant financial implications — a single transpacific crossing can consume hundreds of tonnes of fuel, and a one-knot speed variation over a 12-day voyage materially affects both cost and schedule. The western Pacific generates more tropical cyclones than any other basin (≈26 named storms annually), with typhoon season June–November producing winds above 150 knots and waves exceeding 15 metres. North Korea sanctions enforcement is a significant compliance concern: UN Security Council resolutions prohibit ship-to-ship transfers to DPRK vessels, and dark-activity (AIS disablement) is a common evasion signal in the East China Sea and Yellow Sea.
Across 315 distinct vessel arrivals, 208 carry a confirmed AIS ship-type code. The most common categories at Busan:
Busan falls under the Tokyo MoU. The Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding (Asia-Pacific) maintains the most active publicly-available regional PSC programme. Across the last 24 months, the Tokyo MoU detention dataset records 5,331 distinct vessel detentions (sourced from OpenSanctions, as of 2026-06-14). Vessel-level detention probability is computed by ArcNautical using flag performance, vessel age, deficiency history, and ownership opacity.
Last 10 vessel arrivals recorded by ArcNautical's AIS pipeline (last 90 days):
| Arrived | Vessel | Flag | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-16 | 115DAE JIN | 🇰🇷 KR | Fishing |
| 2026-06-15 | 103 GYEONG HAE | 🇰🇷 KR | Unknown |
| 2026-06-15 | DOOLA STAR | 🇰🇷 KR | Tanker |
| 2026-06-15 | Unknown vessel | Unknown | |
| 2026-06-15 | PEGASUS DREAM | 🇰🇷 KR | Cargo |
| 2026-06-15 | PANSTAR GENIE NO.2 | 🇰🇷 KR | Cargo |
| 2026-06-15 | Unknown vessel | Unknown | |
| 2026-06-15 | Unknown vessel | Unknown | |
| 2026-06-15 | SUNGJIN ACE | 🇰🇷 KR | Tanker |
| 2026-06-14 | ONBADA | 🇰🇷 KR | Other |
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