🇰🇷 South Korea
Pacific Ocean · Tanker Terminal
In the last 180 days, ArcNautical recorded 158 vessel arrivals at Ulsan, with Tanker accounting for 51% of port calls — higher than the Pacific Ocean regional average of 26%. Voyages from Ulsan 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 158 distinct vessel arrivals, 121 carry a confirmed AIS ship-type code. The most common categories at Ulsan:
Ulsan 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 5,389 distinct vessel detentions (sourced from OpenSanctions, as of 2026-07-05). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-07 | Unknown vessel | Unknown | |
| 2026-07-05 | Unknown vessel | Unknown | |
| 2026-07-05 | Unknown vessel | Unknown | |
| 2026-06-28 | Unknown vessel | Unknown | |
| 2026-06-27 | BUNNAHABHAIN | 🇲🇹 MT | Tanker |
| 2026-06-27 | BUNNAHABHAIN | 🇲🇹 MT | Tanker |
| 2026-06-24 | KAHLA | 🇸🇦 SA | Tanker |
| 2026-06-24 | KAHLA | 🇸🇦 SA | Tanker |
| 2026-06-21 | SANMAR SONATINA | 🇸🇬 SG | Tanker |
| 2026-06-21 | 78MANGU. | 🇰🇷 KR | Other |
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