The shipping platform

Location: Samcheok is on the SE coast of Korea, 4.5nm NW of Pi Mal and stands on the N side of the mouth of Osib Chon. General overview: A small commercial and fishing harbor with cement being one of its major exports, also general and oil cargoes handled. The harbor is enclosed by two breakwaters with a narrow entrance. Inside there is a large outer basin with three wharves for cargo vessels and a N inner basin for fishing vessels. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: LOA: 130 m; draft: 7.5 m; beam: 20 m; deadweight: 12,000 t. The largest vessel called at the port: LOA: 128 m, draught: 7.5 m, deadweight: 11,410 t.