UASC transfers to Pusan Newport

Notes and media contacts

Websites:
www.pncport.com

For further information please contact:

John Elliott
Commercial Director
Pusan Newport Co. / DP World
+82-51-979-8070

About the PNC facility

The PNC port is located at the boundary of the West side of Busan City and eastern tip of Kyongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea. The new terminal, 1.2 kilometres long, consisting of three berths of 350 metres each, designed to cater for the new generation mega-container vessels, is the first of three phases of the PNC development. A further three berths are scheduled for completion at the end of 2006 and the final three are due to be in operation by 2009. The overall terminal has a conservative estimated handling capacity of 5.5 million TEU and will stretch 3.2 kilometres.

The advanced container handling equipment at the facility includes nine Ship-to-Shore cranes (STS) and 24 cantilever Rail Mounted Gantry Cranes (RMGC). The STS cranes will enable the terminal to handle the new, wider container vessels and the facility will host the largest container cranes built to date with a rail gauge of 42.7 metres designed for nine traffic lanes and boom outreach over 22 rows. The RMGCs constructed by Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co. handle nine rows with a stacking height of six containers and a lifting capacity of 65 LT. The semi-automated cranes are equipped with GPS and trailer positioning systems along with safety features for the protection of trucks.

The facility is forecast to become the Gateway Hub of Northeast Asia because of its strategic location between Japan and Northeast China. The surrounding area also has an extremely strong indigenous market and transportation infra-structure which makes the geographic position ideal for such a large container hub facility.

PNC is directly connected to an 8 lane uncongested expressway into the Korean hinterlands which reduces travel distance to 98% of all cities and industrial areas in Korea. With the expressway directly linked to PNC avoids the congested areas of Downtown Busan. PNC maintains an average trucking turn-time below 20 minutes. From 2008, the facility will open two on-dock rail facilities that will be directly connected to the rail network.

In addition, a total of 4.08 million square meters of terminal and logistics support area has been designated as a Free Trade Zone which will encompass international facilities for integrated logistics and affiliated industries.