{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Ambes","identifier":"FR AMS","unlocode":"FR AMS","city":null,"country":"France","waterBody":"Bay of Biscay; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"River (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":6.4,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":45.016667,"longitude":-0.533333},"description":"About 5% of all petroleum consumed in France passes through Ambès, making the headland at the Bec d'Ambès the fuel hub of the Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux and accounting for roughly 30% of that port's throughput. Some 24 km north of Bordeaux, where the Garonne meets the Dordogne in the Gironde estuary, the Docks des Pétroles d'Ambès (DPA), founded in 1934, run a public tank farm for crude oil, refined products and biofuels. Berths handle vessels loading and discharging petroleum products and ","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/ambes-port-fr-ams","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/ambes-port-fr-ams","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Ambes · (UN/LOCODE: FR AMS) · France · Small · 6.4 m"}