# Aasiaat (GL JEG)

**UN/LOCODE:** GL JEG  
**Country:** Greenland  
**Water Body:** Baffin Bay; Arctic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 68.7108, -52.8683

Frozen fish and shellfish — cold-water shrimp and halibut from Royal Greenland, plus a Polar Seafood shrimp plant — form the backbone of what moves through Aasiaat, a small port on Disko Bay. Royal Arctic Line calls here on its container feeder network, routing boxes via the Nuuk hub to Aalborg in Denmark rather than offering direct international liner service. Operations are seasonal, concentrated in the largely ice-free months from May to December. Handling is modest: a single berth of about 150 metres taking up to two vessels, with annual throughput well below 50,000 TEU, geared to community resupply and the fishing industry. Because no roads link Greenland's settlements, onward movement runs by sea or air, so there is no conventional hinterland. Shippers with larger or customs-heavy consignments should look to Nuuk, with Sisimiut and Ilulissat as regional alternatives.

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