{"id":6361,"date":"2026-05-21T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2026\/05\/21\/busan-targets-greener-bunkering\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:22:41","slug":"busan-targets-greener-bunkering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/alternative-fuels-greenport\/busan-targets-greener-bunkering\/","title":{"rendered":"Busan targets greener bunkering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The proposed project includes construction of a 370,000m\u00b3 LNG storage tank, a 150,000m\u00b3 green methanol storage tank and dedicated berth facilities for ship-to-ship bunkering operations across a 123,000m\u00b2 site within the port.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a development intended to further strengthen Busan\u2019s position as a regional hub for alternative marine fuels and expand eco-friendly port infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pushing ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Busan Port Authority recently met with experts from industry, academia, research institutes and local government to review the plans and gather recommendations ahead of the next project stages.<\/p>\n<p>The authority said it would incorporate the feedback into its business plans while accelerating preliminary feasibility reviews and follow-up procedures linked to the energy transition project.<\/p>\n<p>Expansion of LNG bunkering and methanol bunkering capabilities forms part of South Korea\u2019s wider strategy to strengthen low-carbon maritime operations and improve competitiveness in sustainable shipping markets.<\/p>\n<p>Busan Port has increasingly focused on alternative fuel infrastructure as demand grows for cleaner marine energy solutions across global shipping networks.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea conducted its first simultaneous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/environment-and-sustainability\/south-korea-completes-first-ship-to-ship-methanol-bunkering\/1497662.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ship-to-ship methanol bunkering operations at Busan New Port in October 2024<\/a>, marking a milestone for the country\u2019s alternative fuel sector.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the country said the development of advanced bunkering infrastructure and technology would help position Busan as a leading global green port.<\/p>\n<p>The latest investment plans further reinforce Busan Port\u2019s ambitions to support future-ready port infrastructure and accelerate maritime decarbonisation initiatives in Northeast Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are plans to develop LNG bunkering and methanol bunkering infrastructure at Busan New Port by 2032 to support maritime energy transition goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,42,8],"tags":[40,1787,265,442,539],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-6361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","category-asia-greenport","category-projects-initiatives-greenport","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-busan-port-authority","tag-lng-bunkering","tag-methanol-bunkering","tag-port-infrastructure"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6363,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6361\/revisions\/6363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6361"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=6361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}