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Busan New Port unveils South Korea’s first fully automated container terminal

News10 Apr 2024

The ongoing expansion project is anticipated to extend until approximately 2040-2050, and the estimated cost upon completion is to reach US$...

Korea moves to secure Busan terminal

News6 Jul 2017

The Korea Export Import Bank has set up a fund to invest in Hanjin’s terminal in Busan to prevent the facility being sold to a foreign ope...

BNCT passes 5M TEU milestone

News4 May 2016

Less than five years after opening in 2012, BNCT has handled 5m TEU....

New service for BNCT

News12 Apr 2016

BNCT at Busan has welcomed the maiden call of the MV Bermuda on CMA-CGM’s WAX service connecting Korea to West and South Africa...

Busan forecasts 20M TEU throughput in 2016

News20 Jan 2016

Busan Port Authority is "confident of reaching 20M TEU throughput in 2016" and has announced an international business development initiativ...

China Shipping takes stake in Busan

News24 Dec 2015

China Shipping Terminal Development has acquired a 20% equity share in the KEC Busan Container Terminal...

Busan’s big move

News27 Jul 2015

Busan is consolidating container handling in its New Port area in a bid to become a “global transhipment hub port”....

BNCT’s upward path

News22 Jul 2015

Busan’s BNCT continues to grow rapidly, welcoming seven new services in the last six months....

Busan "on track" for 20M TEU in 2015

News26 Feb 2015

On the back of an all-time record in 2014, the port is forecasting another milestone for 2015...

New Port is Busan’s future

News5 Nov 2014

Lim Ki-tack, president of Busan Port Authority, has confirmed that all cargo-handling activity will be centred on the New Port complex, with...

Busan up 5.5%

News6 Oct 2014

Throughput at South Korean hub port reaches 12.2M TEU in the year to September....

Peel Ports and Port of Busan link up

News18 Nov 2013

The British port group and Busan Port Authority have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at enhancing trade and maritime activities...

Busan and PSA sign MOU

News9 Dec 2012

Busan Port Authority and PSA International have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate cooperation towards a long term and strat...

First call for BNCT

News2 Feb 2012

Busan New Container Terminal commenced commercial operations on January 28 when it handled Korea Marine Transport Co’s 1000 TEU vessel AKA...

Busan project announced

News15 Sep 2011

Korea’s Total Soft Bank (TSB) will supply its PLUS (Port Logistics Unifying System) application to the Busan Port Authority (BPA) as part ...

Empty containers choking Pusan

News1 Mar 2009

Pusan, South Korea’s biggest container port, has run out of space to store empty containers. Throughput at the world’s fifthlargest port...

Busan New Port unveils South Korea’s first fully automated container terminal

Korea moves to secure Busan terminal

BNCT passes 5M TEU milestone

New service for BNCT

Busan forecasts 20M TEU throughput in 2016

China Shipping takes stake in Busan

Busan’s big move

BNCT’s upward path

Busan "on track" for 20M TEU in 2015

New Port is Busan’s future

Busan up 5.5%

Peel Ports and Port of Busan link up

Busan and PSA sign MOU

First call for BNCT

Busan project announced

Empty containers choking Pusan

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Axepower delivers reach stacker to Malaysia’s Kuching Port Authority

Strike in Montreal

Ningbo-Zhoushan Port eyes expansion, makes room for 32K TEU ships

DP World expands rail capacity between London Gateway and Southampton

ILA says it will move forward with strike on Tuesday

Busan New Port unveils South Korea’s first fully automated container terminal

Korea moves to secure Busan terminal

BNCT passes 5M TEU milestone

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Axepower delivers reach stacker to Malaysia’s Kuching Port Authority

Strike in Montreal

Ningbo-Zhoushan Port eyes expansion, makes room for 32K TEU ships

DP World expands rail capacity between London Gateway and Southampton

ILA says it will move forward with strike on Tuesday

FMC urges industry to follow rules ahead of potential strikes

Industry calls on IMO to bridge fuel price gap

Kribi Deepwater Port receives STS and RTG cranes

VICT reaches 5m TEU

FBI boards Dali’s sister vessel