News / Wood pellets fuel new South Korea-Russia container service

Photo: Gangneung city

The mid-tier South Korean port of Okgye, on the country’s east coast, has begun piloting a container shipping link with the Russian Far East port of Nakhodka to facilitate wood pellet imports.

Okgye, in Gangneung, Gangwon province, caters primarily for general cargo and multipurpose vessels, although officials there are keen to initiate container shipping connections.

In August, the port saw the launch of its first container route, connecting to Busan and the Japanese ports of Hiroshima, Imabari, Matsuyama and Fukuyama, operated by ...