Name: Busan daily port calls and volume estimates
Creator: World Freight Monitor

Key facts

Country: South Korea
UN/LOCODE: KRPUS
Rank by daily calls: 6 of 2,065 PortWatch ports
Mean daily calls, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026: 52.0
Recorded events: 2
Data through: 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026)

Busan averaged 46.8 port calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11.
Busan ranks 6 among IMF PortWatch ports by mean daily calls between 1 September 2025 and 31 August 2026.

Disruption history

2 recorded events, newest first.

Events at Busan
Start	Event	Type	Status	Severity
2022-11-24	Cargo truckers strike cuts container movement at South Korean ports	Labour action	ended	3 Significant
2016-08-31	Hanjin Shipping receivership leaves container ships outside ports	Capacity withdrawal	ended	3 Significant

Full event history for Busan

Port calls

Busan, port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 28 calls per day on 2026-09-04 to 71 calls per day on 2026-06-30, with a mean of 49.6 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 54 calls per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-09-15 (15 September 2026).

Busan, port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	54
2026-05-18	47
2026-05-19	52
2026-05-20	49
2026-05-21	39
2026-05-22	51
2026-05-23	50
2026-05-24	58
2026-05-25	51
2026-05-26	37
2026-05-27	48
2026-05-28	42
2026-05-29	69
2026-05-30	56
2026-05-31	52
2026-06-01	47
2026-06-02	50
2026-06-03	48
2026-06-04	46
2026-06-05	53
2026-06-06	45
2026-06-07	50
2026-06-08	49
2026-06-09	55
2026-06-10	57
2026-06-11	58
2026-06-12	49
2026-06-13	44
2026-06-14	55
2026-06-15	56
2026-06-16	52
2026-06-17	48
2026-06-18	38
2026-06-19	37
2026-06-20	47
2026-06-21	65
2026-06-22	55
2026-06-23	55
2026-06-24	54
2026-06-25	52
2026-06-26	43
2026-06-27	54
2026-06-28	59
2026-06-29	46
2026-06-30	71
2026-07-01	53
2026-07-02	49
2026-07-03	50
2026-07-04	51
2026-07-05	60
2026-07-06	49
2026-07-07	66
2026-07-08	52
2026-07-09	45
2026-07-10	53
2026-07-11	49
2026-07-12	40
2026-07-13	41
2026-07-14	33
2026-07-15	50
2026-07-16	65
2026-07-17	46
2026-07-18	63
2026-07-19	43
2026-07-20	61
2026-07-21	51
2026-07-22	55
2026-07-23	56
2026-07-24	51
2026-07-25	47
2026-07-26	56
2026-07-27	51
2026-07-28	42
2026-07-29	61
2026-07-30	45
2026-07-31	58
2026-08-01	61
2026-08-02	48
2026-08-03	45
2026-08-04	52
2026-08-05	59
2026-08-06	44
2026-08-07	53
2026-08-08	45
2026-08-09	42
2026-08-10	31
2026-08-11	36
2026-08-12	56
2026-08-13	43
2026-08-14	37
2026-08-15	55
2026-08-16	31
2026-08-17	49
2026-08-18	49
2026-08-19	56
2026-08-20	48
2026-08-21	46
2026-08-22	55
2026-08-23	50
2026-08-24	38
2026-08-25	46
2026-08-26	43
2026-08-27	51
2026-08-28	36
2026-08-29	50
2026-08-30	58
2026-08-31	46
2026-09-01	53
2026-09-02	46
2026-09-03	51
2026-09-04	28
2026-09-05	35
2026-09-06	32
2026-09-07	57
2026-09-08	47
2026-09-09	36
2026-09-10	64
2026-09-11	54

Container ship port calls

Busan, container ship port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 17 calls per day on 2026-07-14 to 40 calls per day on 2026-05-24, with a mean of 30.0 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 34 calls per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-09-15 (15 September 2026).

Busan, container ship port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	35
2026-05-18	29
2026-05-19	35
2026-05-20	30
2026-05-21	26
2026-05-22	30
2026-05-23	36
2026-05-24	40
2026-05-25	29
2026-05-26	25
2026-05-27	30
2026-05-28	27
2026-05-29	37
2026-05-30	34
2026-05-31	37
2026-06-01	30
2026-06-02	35
2026-06-03	24
2026-06-04	32
2026-06-05	33
2026-06-06	32
2026-06-07	31
2026-06-08	32
2026-06-09	32
2026-06-10	29
2026-06-11	36
2026-06-12	31
2026-06-13	31
2026-06-14	33
2026-06-15	35
2026-06-16	35
2026-06-17	31
2026-06-18	21
2026-06-19	26
2026-06-20	31
2026-06-21	39
2026-06-22	32
2026-06-23	34
2026-06-24	28
2026-06-25	29
2026-06-26	34
2026-06-27	31
2026-06-28	27
2026-06-29	28
2026-06-30	34
2026-07-01	27
2026-07-02	33
2026-07-03	31
2026-07-04	33
2026-07-05	31
2026-07-06	27
2026-07-07	37
2026-07-08	34
2026-07-09	28
2026-07-10	36
2026-07-11	30
2026-07-12	25
2026-07-13	25
2026-07-14	17
2026-07-15	36
2026-07-16	36
2026-07-17	32
2026-07-18	34
2026-07-19	29
2026-07-20	28
2026-07-21	31
2026-07-22	28
2026-07-23	30
2026-07-24	31
2026-07-25	34
2026-07-26	33
2026-07-27	22
2026-07-28	24
2026-07-29	40
2026-07-30	21
2026-07-31	36
2026-08-01	35
2026-08-02	30
2026-08-03	23
2026-08-04	30
2026-08-05	39
2026-08-06	29
2026-08-07	28
2026-08-08	31
2026-08-09	27
2026-08-10	24
2026-08-11	20
2026-08-12	32
2026-08-13	22
2026-08-14	22
2026-08-15	37
2026-08-16	21
2026-08-17	32
2026-08-18	27
2026-08-19	28
2026-08-20	27
2026-08-21	28
2026-08-22	33
2026-08-23	28
2026-08-24	20
2026-08-25	32
2026-08-26	29
2026-08-27	26
2026-08-28	19
2026-08-29	32
2026-08-30	25
2026-08-31	29
2026-09-01	34
2026-09-02	30
2026-09-03	33
2026-09-04	19
2026-09-05	29
2026-09-06	25
2026-09-07	21
2026-09-08	29
2026-09-09	28
2026-09-10	35
2026-09-11	34

Tanker port calls

Busan, tanker port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 1 calls per day on 2026-09-06 to 14 calls per day on 2026-06-30, with a mean of 7.2 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 5 calls per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-09-15 (15 September 2026).

Busan, tanker port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	8
2026-05-18	8
2026-05-19	4
2026-05-20	9
2026-05-21	7
2026-05-22	10
2026-05-23	3
2026-05-24	9
2026-05-25	6
2026-05-26	5
2026-05-27	7
2026-05-28	7
2026-05-29	11
2026-05-30	12
2026-05-31	3
2026-06-01	10
2026-06-02	8
2026-06-03	5
2026-06-04	5
2026-06-05	8
2026-06-06	3
2026-06-07	9
2026-06-08	7
2026-06-09	9
2026-06-10	9
2026-06-11	9
2026-06-12	8
2026-06-13	4
2026-06-14	7
2026-06-15	10
2026-06-16	10
2026-06-17	6
2026-06-18	2
2026-06-19	8
2026-06-20	3
2026-06-21	7
2026-06-22	9
2026-06-23	6
2026-06-24	7
2026-06-25	9
2026-06-26	6
2026-06-27	6
2026-06-28	8
2026-06-29	7
2026-06-30	14
2026-07-01	5
2026-07-02	5
2026-07-03	9
2026-07-04	8
2026-07-05	10
2026-07-06	6
2026-07-07	13
2026-07-08	3
2026-07-09	12
2026-07-10	8
2026-07-11	11
2026-07-12	4
2026-07-13	5
2026-07-14	2
2026-07-15	4
2026-07-16	9
2026-07-17	6
2026-07-18	12
2026-07-19	7
2026-07-20	8
2026-07-21	7
2026-07-22	12
2026-07-23	12
2026-07-24	8
2026-07-25	6
2026-07-26	9
2026-07-27	13
2026-07-28	6
2026-07-29	6
2026-07-30	8
2026-07-31	3
2026-08-01	10
2026-08-02	3
2026-08-03	9
2026-08-04	9
2026-08-05	10
2026-08-06	3
2026-08-07	8
2026-08-08	3
2026-08-09	5
2026-08-10	2
2026-08-11	7
2026-08-12	7
2026-08-13	5
2026-08-14	9
2026-08-15	7
2026-08-16	2
2026-08-17	9
2026-08-18	7
2026-08-19	14
2026-08-20	6
2026-08-21	8
2026-08-22	8
2026-08-23	9
2026-08-24	3
2026-08-25	7
2026-08-26	5
2026-08-27	8
2026-08-28	8
2026-08-29	4
2026-08-30	10
2026-08-31	8
2026-09-01	11
2026-09-02	5
2026-09-03	5
2026-09-04	2
2026-09-05	4
2026-09-06	1
2026-09-07	13
2026-09-08	8
2026-09-09	2
2026-09-10	11
2026-09-11	5

Dry bulk port calls

Busan, dry bulk port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 0 calls per day on 2026-05-19 to 5 calls per day on 2026-05-25, with a mean of 1.7 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 1 calls per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-09-15 (15 September 2026).

Busan, dry bulk port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	1
2026-05-18	1
2026-05-19	0
2026-05-20	2
2026-05-21	0
2026-05-22	1
2026-05-23	1
2026-05-24	1
2026-05-25	5
2026-05-26	0
2026-05-27	0
2026-05-28	0
2026-05-29	3
2026-05-30	2
2026-05-31	2
2026-06-01	0
2026-06-02	2
2026-06-03	1
2026-06-04	2
2026-06-05	2
2026-06-06	1
2026-06-07	1
2026-06-08	5
2026-06-09	2
2026-06-10	2
2026-06-11	1
2026-06-12	2
2026-06-13	1
2026-06-14	1
2026-06-15	1
2026-06-16	1
2026-06-17	0
2026-06-18	0
2026-06-19	0
2026-06-20	0
2026-06-21	4
2026-06-22	1
2026-06-23	2
2026-06-24	3
2026-06-25	2
2026-06-26	0
2026-06-27	3
2026-06-28	3
2026-06-29	4
2026-06-30	3
2026-07-01	3
2026-07-02	1
2026-07-03	1
2026-07-04	2
2026-07-05	3
2026-07-06	1
2026-07-07	5
2026-07-08	2
2026-07-09	0
2026-07-10	3
2026-07-11	0
2026-07-12	3
2026-07-13	2
2026-07-14	2
2026-07-15	0
2026-07-16	3
2026-07-17	0
2026-07-18	3
2026-07-19	0
2026-07-20	1
2026-07-21	2
2026-07-22	1
2026-07-23	3
2026-07-24	0
2026-07-25	0
2026-07-26	4
2026-07-27	3
2026-07-28	1
2026-07-29	2
2026-07-30	1
2026-07-31	3
2026-08-01	1
2026-08-02	3
2026-08-03	0
2026-08-04	2
2026-08-05	1
2026-08-06	2
2026-08-07	5
2026-08-08	0
2026-08-09	1
2026-08-10	1
2026-08-11	2
2026-08-12	2
2026-08-13	3
2026-08-14	0
2026-08-15	2
2026-08-16	0
2026-08-17	1
2026-08-18	2
2026-08-19	3
2026-08-20	3
2026-08-21	2
2026-08-22	0
2026-08-23	1
2026-08-24	2
2026-08-25	0
2026-08-26	0
2026-08-27	3
2026-08-28	3
2026-08-29	3
2026-08-30	4
2026-08-31	1
2026-09-01	3
2026-09-02	1
2026-09-03	2
2026-09-04	0
2026-09-05	0
2026-09-06	1
2026-09-07	2
2026-09-08	2
2026-09-09	2
2026-09-10	4
2026-09-11	1

Estimated import volume

Busan, estimated import volume, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 51,661 metric tons per day on 2026-09-04 to 464,035 metric tons per day on 2026-05-29, with a mean of 207,642.9 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 282,728 metric tons per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-09-15 (15 September 2026).

Busan, estimated import volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-05-17	158,489
2026-05-18	82,222
2026-05-19	240,724
2026-05-20	219,173
2026-05-21	165,070
2026-05-22	286,818
2026-05-23	162,474
2026-05-24	229,686
2026-05-25	223,771
2026-05-26	136,231
2026-05-27	303,378
2026-05-28	135,135
2026-05-29	464,035
2026-05-30	219,856
2026-05-31	124,629
2026-06-01	155,952
2026-06-02	278,980
2026-06-03	387,442
2026-06-04	242,985
2026-06-05	204,557
2026-06-06	126,617
2026-06-07	214,007
2026-06-08	248,381
2026-06-09	317,260
2026-06-10	125,221
2026-06-11	236,505
2026-06-12	177,329
2026-06-13	174,475
2026-06-14	439,198
2026-06-15	241,971
2026-06-16	172,134
2026-06-17	155,757
2026-06-18	137,119
2026-06-19	158,319
2026-06-20	240,616
2026-06-21	204,776
2026-06-22	162,992
2026-06-23	201,549
2026-06-24	267,508
2026-06-25	225,379
2026-06-26	206,991
2026-06-27	227,291
2026-06-28	224,974
2026-06-29	172,978
2026-06-30	218,820
2026-07-01	191,951
2026-07-02	157,397
2026-07-03	220,704
2026-07-04	105,282
2026-07-05	307,603
2026-07-06	168,480
2026-07-07	187,896
2026-07-08	297,361
2026-07-09	186,103
2026-07-10	212,633
2026-07-11	291,873
2026-07-12	192,536
2026-07-13	433,958
2026-07-14	290,707
2026-07-15	147,167
2026-07-16	226,904
2026-07-17	275,879
2026-07-18	237,620
2026-07-19	232,812
2026-07-20	222,176
2026-07-21	306,973
2026-07-22	163,048
2026-07-23	166,737
2026-07-24	153,185
2026-07-25	165,397
2026-07-26	220,494
2026-07-27	240,815
2026-07-28	132,633
2026-07-29	165,998
2026-07-30	150,999
2026-07-31	141,587
2026-08-01	225,570
2026-08-02	115,305
2026-08-03	163,781
2026-08-04	254,251
2026-08-05	222,139
2026-08-06	177,963
2026-08-07	202,648
2026-08-08	108,243
2026-08-09	156,357
2026-08-10	86,471
2026-08-11	203,362
2026-08-12	329,018
2026-08-13	373,962
2026-08-14	242,084
2026-08-15	154,415
2026-08-16	108,512
2026-08-17	136,654
2026-08-18	256,987
2026-08-19	223,094
2026-08-20	164,070
2026-08-21	148,915
2026-08-22	215,134
2026-08-23	123,092
2026-08-24	184,976
2026-08-25	191,996
2026-08-26	310,338
2026-08-27	249,988
2026-08-28	118,331
2026-08-29	197,652
2026-08-30	148,917
2026-08-31	212,211
2026-09-01	284,296
2026-09-02	180,502
2026-09-03	157,298
2026-09-04	51,661
2026-09-05	136,222
2026-09-06	158,003
2026-09-07	173,660
2026-09-08	211,843
2026-09-09	297,531
2026-09-10	267,006
2026-09-11	282,728

Estimated export volume

Busan, estimated export volume, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 50,770 metric tons per day on 2026-07-14 to 368,966 metric tons per day on 2026-06-21, with a mean of 185,720.7 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 254,149 metric tons per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-09-15 (15 September 2026).

Busan, estimated export volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-05-17	253,045
2026-05-18	314,684
2026-05-19	202,313
2026-05-20	92,529
2026-05-21	147,932
2026-05-22	163,769
2026-05-23	216,784
2026-05-24	110,954
2026-05-25	256,894
2026-05-26	118,153
2026-05-27	148,577
2026-05-28	149,135
2026-05-29	152,577
2026-05-30	123,374
2026-05-31	326,754
2026-06-01	149,984
2026-06-02	226,862
2026-06-03	171,548
2026-06-04	182,723
2026-06-05	157,823
2026-06-06	184,721
2026-06-07	139,212
2026-06-08	249,049
2026-06-09	157,745
2026-06-10	205,098
2026-06-11	327,467
2026-06-12	113,418
2026-06-13	119,160
2026-06-14	260,670
2026-06-15	209,071
2026-06-16	246,980
2026-06-17	294,447
2026-06-18	116,386
2026-06-19	203,779
2026-06-20	186,754
2026-06-21	368,966
2026-06-22	127,511
2026-06-23	146,471
2026-06-24	318,482
2026-06-25	235,905
2026-06-26	155,329
2026-06-27	171,002
2026-06-28	119,824
2026-06-29	179,951
2026-06-30	203,059
2026-07-01	136,826
2026-07-02	179,112
2026-07-03	230,837
2026-07-04	320,574
2026-07-05	307,456
2026-07-06	198,721
2026-07-07	247,156
2026-07-08	99,113
2026-07-09	149,910
2026-07-10	250,253
2026-07-11	184,505
2026-07-12	82,249
2026-07-13	89,282
2026-07-14	50,770
2026-07-15	178,154
2026-07-16	233,624
2026-07-17	178,630
2026-07-18	289,936
2026-07-19	134,163
2026-07-20	308,078
2026-07-21	252,290
2026-07-22	151,167
2026-07-23	155,406
2026-07-24	125,772
2026-07-25	163,449
2026-07-26	247,936
2026-07-27	222,105
2026-07-28	118,479
2026-07-29	228,004
2026-07-30	169,983
2026-07-31	281,764
2026-08-01	187,166
2026-08-02	279,071
2026-08-03	183,879
2026-08-04	132,654
2026-08-05	313,494
2026-08-06	154,195
2026-08-07	246,306
2026-08-08	181,680
2026-08-09	128,997
2026-08-10	109,146
2026-08-11	142,187
2026-08-12	177,130
2026-08-13	79,606
2026-08-14	138,970
2026-08-15	172,825
2026-08-16	95,016
2026-08-17	253,378
2026-08-18	165,865
2026-08-19	189,053
2026-08-20	165,412
2026-08-21	179,583
2026-08-22	176,774
2026-08-23	289,529
2026-08-24	113,465
2026-08-25	229,146
2026-08-26	134,194
2026-08-27	115,271
2026-08-28	142,059
2026-08-29	247,080
2026-08-30	219,759
2026-08-31	123,595
2026-09-01	122,269
2026-09-02	126,564
2026-09-03	275,710
2026-09-04	92,046
2026-09-05	210,335
2026-09-06	86,267
2026-09-07	127,406
2026-09-08	149,684
2026-09-09	111,117
2026-09-10	220,434
2026-09-11	254,149

Dependencies

Curated trade lanes that start or end at Busan, and the chokepoints their usual routing passes.

Busan: port calls and disruption history

Key facts

Disruption history

Port calls

Container ship port calls

Tanker port calls

Dry bulk port calls

Estimated import volume

Estimated export volume

Dependencies

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