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Dolphins, Mooring Bouys, Piers , Berths , Lighters and Wharves of Mokpo Port

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Mokpo

Located in the Southwestern end of the country, Mokpo has become the forth port in Korea since its opening in Oct. 1st. 1897. the other three were the port of Pusan, the port of Wonsan and the port of Inchon.

Classification Item Scale Capacity
Berthing-Facilities Quay-Handling Place-Floating pier 2,691M
3,147M
10
30,000~50,000tons-14 ships
Under 100tons-90 ship

SAMHAK WHARFS

Samhak wharfs comprised 4 berths, can berth 4 ships as large as of 30,000 tons to 5,000 tons simultaneously are dealing with grains, coal, and general cargoes.

SAMHAK WHARFS
Berth Length(m) Berthing Capacity Annual Handling Capacity Remark
Tonnage No. of ships
1 168 5,000 1 241,000 tons
2 250 30,000 1 650,000 tons LLC 1
3 240 30,000 1 227,000 tons
4 135 5,000 1 266,000 tons

DAEBUL WHARFS

Cargoes produced in Daebul industrial complex are treated. There are 3 piers of 20,000 tonclass and annual handling capacity is 1,890,000 tons.

DAEBUL WHARFS
Berth Length(m) Berthing Capacity Annual Handling Capacity Remark
Tonnage No. of ships
1 210 20,000 1 630,000 tons
2 210 20,000 1 630,000 tons
3 210 20,000 1 630,000 tons

PASSENGER WHARFS

In mokpo Passenger Wharfs, 23 passenger ships run through 17 routes 84 times per day, Mokpo to Jeju and Hongdo, and 60 passenger ships operated through 42 routes in a competent district of Mokpo are 43% of Korea’s total passenger-ships The international passenger terminal will play important role in international passenger ships service to the port Shanghai in China and Japan, etc.

EXCLUSIVE WHARFS

The Mokpo harbor featurs exclusive wharfs for as well as a private unloading stations of cement, oil and iron.

EXCLUSIVE WHARFS
Pier Length(m) Berthing Capacity Annual Handling Capacity Constructor
Tonnage No. of ships
Ssanyong 165 10,000 1 756,000 tons Ssangyong
Dongyang 190 10,000 1 635,000 tons Dongyang
Oil dolphin 310 6,000 2 1,500,000 tons 4 oil finery co
Samho 372 10,000 1 756,000 tons Samho heavy IND
20,000 1 315,000 tons

Wando Port

Located at the southwestern end of the Korea peninsular(34°19’32″N, 126°45’27″E), Wando Port is serving as an open port. Wando Port is equipped with 3 berth. No. 1 berth is for the vessel that is less than 500ton(fishing boat, general cargo ship), No.2 berth is for the vessel that is less than 6,300ton(passenger ship, government vessel and public vessel) and No3. berth is for the vessel that is less than 20,000ton(general cargo ship, container ship, and so on).

Facilities

Facilities
Classification Item Scale Capacity
Berthing Facilities Quay 210m 1 ship of less than 20,000ton
Handling place 11 ships of less than 500ton
Floating pier 20m x 10m 2EA 2 ships of less than 200ton
30m x 14m 1EA 2 ships of less than 100ton
30m x 15m 1EA 1 ship of less than 3,200ton
30m x 15m 1EA 1 ship of less than 6,300ton

Berth

Berth
Berth Length(m) Depth Capacity
No. 1 handling place 1,235m 3.5m
No. 2 handling place 661m 2m
No. 3 handling place 90m 4m
275m 9 – 10m
190m 9 – 10m
No. 3 210m 9 – 10m

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
Waterspace in harbor : 4.7 Skm Depth of water : 2m – 10m
Average of tidal range : 1.3m the drift of a current : 0.15m/sec

Berths in Mokpo

  • Points of embarkation and disembarkation of pilots
    • First pilot point (Gasa Island) : N34-27-42, E126-03-45
    • Second pilot point (Bulmugi Island) : N34-46-00, E126-15-00
  • Quarantine Anchorages and Berts
    Quarantine Anchorages and Berts
    Harbor Name Location Berthing Capacity (G/T) Ship
    Inside Boundary of Mokpo Port 1 Sea within 250m radius of N34°46’30”, E126°23’12” 30,000 Berth waiting
    2 Sea within 250m radius of N34°46’34”, E126°23’32” 30,000
    3 Sea within 250m radius of N34°46’40”, E126°23’50” 30,000
    4 Sea within 250m radius of N34°46’42”, E126°24’10” 10,000
    6 Sea within 250m radius of N34°47’10”, E126°25’36” 10,000
    7 Sea within 300m radius of N34°44’32”, E126°20’13” 30,000 Berth waiting and passing ships
    8 Sea within 300m radius of N34°44’23”, E126°20’40” 30,000 Berth waiting
    9 Sea within 300m radius of N34°44’07”, E126°21’10” 5,000
    Quarantine Anchorage Sea within 500m radius of N34°45’38”, E126°20’29” 50,000 Quarantine anchorage
    Outside Boundary of Mokpo Port 10 Sea within 1km radius of N34°47’06”, E126°16’21” 20,000 Hazard material carrying ships
    11 Sea within 1km radius of N34°47’06”, E126°15’00” 50,000 Berth waiting
    12 Sea within 1km radius of N34°44’30”, E126°13’00” 100,000
    13 Sea within 1km radius of N34°43’21”, E126°13’00” 100,000
    14 (Gasa Island) Sea within 2km radius of N34°26’41”, E125°57’32” 200,000 Temporary touching by passing ships
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