# Nykarleby (FI UKP)

**UN/LOCODE:** FI UKP  
**Country:** Finland  
**Water Body:** Gulf of Bothnia; Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** River (Basins)  
**GPS:** 63.5167, 22.5333

The UN/LOCODE FI UKP belongs to Nykarleby (Uusikaarlepyy), a small harbour on Finland's Gulf of Bothnia coast whose commercial heyday in the timber and tar trade ended in the 19th century. With a cargo-pier depth of only about 4.9 m and no container or general-cargo terminals, the port today carries limited freight relevance and serves mainly local and leisure traffic. Forwarders moving containers, breakbulk or project cargo route instead through the nearby full-service ports of Jakobstad (Alholmen) and Kokkola, the latter a major bulk and transit gateway toward Russia and Asia. For shipments into the Ostrobothnia region, these two ports are the practical choice rather than Nykarleby.

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