# Espevaer

**Country:** Norway  
**Water Body:** North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 59.5833, 5.1500

Espevær is best understood as a heritage island community rather than a freight port: about 80 people live in the tightly clustered houses west of Bømlo, where a 19th-century herring boom once drew up to 30,000 seasonal fishermen. The sheltered natural harbour now serves fishing, leisure craft and tourism — with attractions such as the historic Lobster Park — and has no scheduled commercial cargo role. Shippers in the Sunnhordland region rely on mainland ports around Bømlo and Stord, and on Bergen for container traffic.

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*Freight Academy — Seaport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/espevaer-port-2016](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/espevaer-port-2016)*

*Markdown mirror: [https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/espevaer-port-2016](https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/espevaer-port-2016)*

*LLM-Summary (JSON): https://www.freight-academy.com/api/v1/seaports/espevaer-port-2016/llm-summary?lang=en*