Dry Bulk Freight Index2,717▲ +2.5%Capesize4,100▲ +4.6%Panamax2,203▲ +0.4%Dirty Tanker Index1,866▲ +0.5%Supramax1,673▼ -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,012▼ -1.1%Handysize942▼ -0.2%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,717▲ +2.5%Capesize4,100▲ +4.6%Panamax2,203▲ +0.4%Dirty Tanker Index1,866▲ +0.5%Supramax1,673▼ -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,012▼ -1.1%Handysize942▼ -0.2%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,717▲ +2.5%Capesize4,100▲ +4.6%Panamax2,203▲ +0.4%Dirty Tanker Index1,866▲ +0.5%Supramax1,673▼ -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,012▼ -1.1%Handysize942▼ -0.2%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,717▲ +2.5%Capesize4,100▲ +4.6%Panamax2,203▲ +0.4%Dirty Tanker Index1,866▲ +0.5%Supramax1,673▼ -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,012▼ -1.1%Handysize942▼ -0.2%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,717▲ +2.5%Capesize4,100▲ +4.6%Panamax2,203▲ +0.4%Dirty Tanker Index1,866▲ +0.5%Supramax1,673▼ -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,012▼ -1.1%Handysize942▼ -0.2%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,717▲ +2.5%Capesize4,100▲ +4.6%Panamax2,203▲ +0.4%Dirty Tanker Index1,866▲ +0.5%Supramax1,673▼ -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,012▼ -1.1%Handysize942▼ -0.2%

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Maritime Profile

South Korea

KR

Vessels

1,051

Ship Owners

5

Organizations

10

People

9

Ports

74

National Profile

Maritime Profile of South Korea

Flagged Fleet

1,051

vessels we catalogue

Flagged DWT

16.5 Mt

deadweight

Owners HQ-ed Here

5

HQ-known floor

Ports

77

Seaborne Trade

296.2 Mt/yr

run-rate · 2025-06-27..2026-06-26

trade_tons is a 365-day run-rate annualised from 125 PortWatch day(s) in 2025-06-27..2026-06-26 (IMF PortWatch, CC-BY-4.0); a run-rate, not a measured annual total; owner_count counts only owners with a known HQ country (partial coverage; a floor, not a census)

Flagged fleet, owners & seaborne trade derived in-house. Updated Jul 5, 2026.

Fleet

Vessels Flagged in South Korea

02310 4

02310 4

101 YANG JI

101 YANG JI

101 YANG JI

101 YANG JI

Ownership

Ship Owners in South Korea

HMM (Hyundai Merchant Marine)

Korea Line Corporation

Pan Ocean

Polaris Shipping

SM Group

Industry

Organizations in South Korea

Busan Port Authority

Cido Shipping (Korea)

EUKOR Car Carriers

Gyeonggi Pyeongtaek Port Corporation

HMM

Hanil Express

Professionals

Maritime People from South Korea

Ahn Joon-ho

CEO

Chung Ki-sun

Vice Chairman & CEO

Jang Dae-hwan

CEO

Keuck-Chun Kim

Other

Kim Kyung-bae

CEO

Kitack Lim

Secretary-General

Infrastructure

Ports in South Korea

Aewol

Anjeong

Biin

Boryeong

Bupyong/Incheon

Busan New Port

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