Port Commissioners of BPA held a provisional meeting on May 25th and decided to implement the Two-calling System.
Under the system, container vessels can enjoy exemption of anchorage and entrance fees when they call at both the current Busan Port and Busan New Port.
The commissioners also acted on introducing the barge transportation service to link Busan New Port with the existing Busan Port on a regular basis.
The two-calling system will be carried out for 2 years starting from July 1st and the barge-shuttle service will be operated by the end of June 2009 after selecting a private barge operator.
BPA will also cover the loss of the barge operator when the private operator has operation loss of carrying 150 ~ 200 container TEU.
With implementing two-calling system, a 5,000TEU container vessel calling at both Busan New Port and current Busan Port will save 640,000 won (US$690) on port entrance fees and 340,000 won (US$367) on anchorage fees.
