Independent journal on economy and transport policy
14:24 GMT+2
This page has been automatically translated by Original news
Busan is confirmed as the sixth container port in the world
Last year, the South Korean airport moved 21.8 million teu (-0.8%)
January 26, 2021
The volume of traffic moveded last year from the port of Busan represents a decrease of -0.8% compared to 2019. The contraction was generated by the decrease of -5.4% in the import and export traffic which amounted to 9.8 million teu and that was partially compensated increase of +3.2% in transhipment traffic, which was attested to 12.0 million teu.
In the fourth quarter of 2020 alone, traffic was more than 5.7 million teu, with an increase of +4.0% on the corresponding period of the previous year following the decreases -4.8% and -3.9% recorded in the second and third quarter of 2020. In the last quarter of last year, the import and export traffic was 2.5 million teu (-1.8%) and transhipment of 3.2 million (+8.3%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
phone: +39.010.2462122, fax: +39.010.2516768, e-mail
VAT number: 03532950106
Press Reg.: nr 33/96 Genoa Court
Editor in chief: Bruno Bellio No part may be reproduced without the express permission of the publisher
The volume of traffic moveded last year from the port of Busan represents a decrease of -0.8% compared to 2019. The contraction was generated by the decrease of -5.4% in the import and export traffic which amounted to 9.8 million teu and that was partially compensated increase of +3.2% in transhipment traffic, which was attested to 12.0 million teu.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
