Tanker port
Ulsan, South Korea
Ulsan is a crude and clean products tanker port in South Korea, at 35.50°N 129.38°E. It is a load port for Asia-Pacific clean products, and a discharge port for Arabian Gulf → Far East crude, US Gulf crude exports, North Sea crude, Canada West Coast crude and Arabian Gulf & India → clean products. Below are sea distances and sea days for 43 tanker voyages to and from Ulsan.
Voyages from
14
to 11 countries
Voyages to
29
from 12 countries
Ship sizes
LR2
LR1, MR, VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax
Trades
6
crude and clean products
Voyages from Ulsan
| To | Distance | Days @ 12 kn | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 1,193 nm | 4.1 | Open sea |
| Batangas | 1,590 nm | 5.5 | Open sea |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 2,055 nm | 7.1 | Open sea |
| Tanjung Priok | 2,926 nm | 10.2 | Open sea |
| Port Moresby | 3,593 nm | 12.5 | Open sea |
| Yangon | 3,799 nm | 13.2 | Malacca Strait |
| Chittagong | 4,116 nm | 14.3 | Malacca Strait |
| Colombo | 4,198 nm | 14.6 | Malacca Strait |
| Brisbane | 4,211 nm | 14.6 | Open sea |
| Kwinana | 4,312 nm | 15.0 | Open sea |
| Sydney | 4,649 nm | 16.1 | Open sea |
| Melbourne | 5,242 nm | 18.2 | Open sea |
| Auckland | 5,266 nm | 18.3 | Open sea |
| Fujairah | 5,895 nm | 20.5 | Malacca Strait |
Voyages to Ulsan
| From | Distance | Days @ 12 kn | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnaby | 5,014 nm | 17.4 | Open sea |
| Vancouver | 5,014 nm | 17.4 | Open sea |
| Jamnagar | 5,292 nm | 18.4 | Malacca Strait |
| Sikka | 5,292 nm | 18.4 | Malacca Strait |
| Mina Al Fahal | 5,790 nm | 20.1 | Malacca Strait |
| Fujairah | 5,895 nm | 20.5 | Malacca Strait |
| Zirku Island | 6,148 nm | 21.3 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
| Halul Island | 6,165 nm | 21.4 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
| Das Island | 6,241 nm | 21.7 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
| Jebel Dhanna | 6,241 nm | 21.7 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
| Ruwais | 6,241 nm | 21.7 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
| Sitra | 6,283 nm | 21.8 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
| Ju'aymah | 6,290 nm | 21.8 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
| Ras Tanura | 6,290 nm | 21.8 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
| Jubail | 6,350 nm | 22.0 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
| Basrah Oil Terminal | 6,459 nm | 22.4 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
| Mina Abdullah | 6,467 nm | 22.5 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
| Mina Al Ahmadi | 6,467 nm | 22.5 | Strait of Hormuz · Malacca Strait |
| Yanbu | 6,941 nm | 24.1 | Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait |
| LOOP | 9,712 nm | 33.7 | Panama Canal |
| Texas City | 9,848 nm | 34.2 | Panama Canal |
| Beaumont | 9,849 nm | 34.2 | Panama Canal |
| Freeport | 9,870 nm | 34.3 | Panama Canal |
| Houston | 9,879 nm | 34.3 | Panama Canal |
| Corpus Christi | 9,895 nm | 34.4 | Panama Canal |
| Hound Point | 11,227 nm | 39.0 | Dover Strait · Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait |
| Sullom Voe | 11,323 nm | 39.3 | Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait |
| Sture | 11,438 nm | 39.7 | Dover Strait · Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait |
| Mongstad | 11,448 nm | 39.7 | Dover Strait · Strait of Gibraltar · Suez Canal · Bab-el-Mandeb · Malacca Strait |
Trades
Singapore and North Asian refinery exports supplying Australia, New Zealand and South-east Asia, which import most of the fuel they burn.
LR2, LR1, MR · TC7 (Singapore–East Coast Australia MR), TC11 (South Korea–Singapore MR)
Arabian Gulf crude to China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan is the benchmark VLCC trade and the single biggest source of long-haul tanker demand.
VLCC, Suezmax · TD3C (MEG–China VLCC)
US shale crude out of Corpus Christi, Houston and the LOOP to Europe and Asia, often reverse-lightered onto VLCCs offshore.
VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax · TD22 (USG–China VLCC), TD25 (USG–UKC Aframax)
North Sea grades loaded at Sullom Voe, Hound Point, Mongstad and Sture, moved short-haul into Europe or arbitraged long-haul to Asia.
Aframax, Suezmax
Trans Mountain crude loaded in the Vancouver area, mostly on Aframaxes, for the US West Coast and Asia.
Aframax, Suezmax
Naphtha, jet and diesel from the big export refineries at Ruwais, Jubail, Yanbu and Jamnagar, going east to Japan and Singapore, west to Europe, and to East Africa.
LR2, LR1, MR · TC1 (MEG–Japan LR2 naphtha), TC17 (MEG–East Africa MR)
Questions
Where is Ulsan?
Ulsan is in South Korea, at 35.50°N 129.38°E.
What tankers call at Ulsan?
Ulsan handles crude and clean products, typically on LR2, LR1, MR, VLCC, Suezmax and Aframax tankers.
How far are Ulsan's voyages?
Of the voyages listed here, the shortest is Ulsan to Hong Kong at 1,193 nm and the longest is Mongstad to Ulsan at 11,448 nm, about 39.7 days at 12 knots.
Terms on this page
Coordinates are approximate berth or terminal positions. Distances are calculated by Vessbook on a modelled global shipping-lane network for a tanker at 12 m draft.