Samjoo Container Terminal Treats 150 Thousandth Container

Samjoo Container Terminal, the seventh pier in the Port of Pusan, brok
e previous records on September 25th by handling their 150 thousandth
TEU since they re-opened October 1997. The single purpose pier had on
ly been used for hard coal (anthracite coal) since 1978, but switched
to being a multipurpose pier on October 1st 1997 in accordance with go
vernment policies. The Asian currency crisis, colloquially know as "th
e IMF Era" in South Korea, showered the renewed pier with difficulties
in attracting cargoes. As regular container liners called at the term
inal after that time, container cargoes increased sharply, handling 15
0 thousand TEUs at last.