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Busan / Ulsan
South Korea
Busan is South Korea's largest port and the gateway to Ulsan, home to some of the world's largest shipbuilding yards. South Korea remains one of the world's leading shipbuilding nations, with the Busan–Ulsan corridor at the center of its supply chain.
- Transit time
- ~2–3 days
- Common class societies
- KR, DNV, ABS, LR
- Packaging standard
- Export seaworthy
- Incoterms
- CIF (FOB / CFR)
How steel moves from our mill to Busan / Ulsan
- Inland origin
- Wuhan, Hubei
- Coastal transfer
- Shanghai or Ningbo
- Ocean leg to Busan / Ulsan
- ~2–3 days
Wuhan sits on the Yangtze, about 1,000 km inland. It has no deep-sea berth of its own, so every export shipment starts with an inland leg.
Plate moves by Yangtze barge or road to Shanghai or Ningbo, where it is loaded onto an ocean-going vessel FOB. This first leg is identical for every destination we ship to.
Typical transit time from Shanghai to Busan / Ulsan, based on general ocean-freight shipping knowledge for this lane — subject to carrier routing, transshipment, and season. Confirm the exact schedule when you book; this is not a vessel-specific commitment.
Classification society compatibility
Shipyards and repair yards in South Korea commonly work with KR, DNV, ABS, LR, among others. That reflects regional practice, not a port rule — a vessel's classification society is chosen by its owner or yard, not by the port it calls at. Either way, it is not a compatibility question for plate from our mill: the WISCO mill holds simultaneous works approval from all nine major classification societies — CCS, ABS, DNV, GL, BV, LR, RINA, KR, and NK — so your project's society is already covered.
View classification society certificatesGet a CIF quote to Busan / Ulsan
Send us the grade, thickness, and tonnage — we will quote CIF Busan / Ulsan with ocean freight and marine insurance already included.