Pohang Port Coal Terminal
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Pohang Port Coal Terminal is a coal terminal in South Korea.
Location
Pohang Port Coal Terminal is located in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
Background
There is no specialized coal terminal at the Pohang Port. The New Port/ Shinhang has piers 1 and 2, operated by POSCO and Donguk Steel that handle coal in addition to iron ore and iron products.[1]
In 2025, the port handled 339,834 tonnes of anthracite coal and 9,894,777 tonnes of bituminous coal, totaling 10.2 mtpa of coal.[2]
Given that the Piers 1 & 2 are the only two mentioned to be handling coal, with the total capacity of 57 mtpa, the 10.2 mtpa of coal handled at the Port is assumed to have been handled at the Pier a & 2, which are considered to be the Pohang Port Coal Terminal.
Pohang Port
Pohang port has a total handling capacity of 91 million tons per year. The port is divided into:
- Shinhang (new port), which supports the steel industry, including POSCO,
- Guhang (old port, Songdo pier, passenger ferry pier, cargo pier, and Dongbin pier), which handles sand and oil products, and
- Yeongilmanhang, which opened in August 2009 as the first container pier for the Daegu-si and Gyeongsangbuk-do region.[3]
Piers 1 and 2 at the Shinhang handle coal, iron ore, and steel products and are primarily operated by POSCO. They have capacities of 50 million and 7 million tons per year, respectively.[4]
As of 2014, the port received Russian coal for South Korean steelmaker Posco from the North Korean Rajin Port, close to the Russian border.[5]
The port is a major industrial port related to Pohang Iron and Steel Company (POSCO).[6]
The Port is near the POSCO Pohang steel plant and Dongkuk Steel Pohang steel plant.
North Korean coal shipments
In August 2017, the U.N. banned North Korea from trading coal.[7][8] The 15-member body had been unanimously boosting sanctions on North Korea since 2006 in a bid to choke off funding for Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.[9]
However, there have been reports of North Korean coal being smuggled into the port.[10][11]
Project Details
- Operator: POSCO[1]
- Location: North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
- Total Terminal Capacity: 58 mtpa[1]
- Coal-handling Capacity: unknown
- Status: Operating
- Type: Imports
- Sources of coal: Russia
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "포항지방해양수산청 - 항만물류 - 포항항 - 항만시설현황 - 신항". pohang.mof.go.kr. Retrieved 2026-09-25.
- ↑ "국가물류통합정보센터". www.nlic.go.kr. Retrieved 2026-09-25.
- ↑ "Pohang Port Introduction," Pohang, accessed October 2021
- ↑ "Shinhang," Pohang, accessed October 2021
- ↑ "South Korea Prepares for Coal Shipment From North Port," WSJ, November 28, 2014
- ↑ "Port of Pohang," eashco.co.kr, accessed May 2015
- ↑ "South Korea Suspects 9,000 Tons of North Korean Coal Made It Into the Country," Wall Street Journal, July 18, 2018
- ↑ "U.N. cap on North Korean coal exports could decrease North Korean export earnings," EIA, June 9, 2017
- ↑ "U.S. targets North Korea coal shipments with new sanctions," Reuters, December 9, 2020
- ↑ "Exclusive: Despite sanctions, North Korea exported coal to South, Japan via Russia - intelligence sources," Reuters, January 25, 2018
- ↑ "Local company probed for buying coal," joongang, July 16, 2019
