# Hungnam (KP HGM)

**UN/LOCODE:** KP HGM  
**Country:** North Korea  
**Water Body:** Sea of Japan; North Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** 39.8333, 127.6167

Hungnam's harbour exists mainly to serve the Hungnam Fertilizer Complex — North Korea's largest nitrogen-fertilizer and chemical plant, on the country's east coast near Hamhung. For international freight, however, the port has little usable relevance: broad UN sanctions sharply restrict shipping to and from North Korea. Raw materials and chemical products for the local works have historically passed over its quays, but reliable, current throughput figures are not publicly documented. There is no international container liner traffic here. Carriers and shippers moving cargo legally in Northeast Asia rely on ports in South Korea, China or Japan instead. Hungnam is best understood as an industrial and supply harbour rather than an open commercial port.

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