{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Ashqelon","identifier":"IL AKL","unlocode":"IL AKL","city":null,"country":"Israel","waterBody":"Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Open Roadstead","channelDepthMeters":0,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":31.666667,"longitude":34.5},"description":"Ashqelon handles petroleum, not boxes — a distinction that matters for any shipper checking the UN/LOCODE IL AKL. Operated by the state-owned European Asia Pipeline Company (EAPC, formerly the Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline), it functions as an offshore oil and refined-products terminal on Israel's Mediterranean coast. Cargo moves over open roadstead: two single-buoy moorings receive crude tankers of up to 250,000 tons, while separate buoy moorings handle gasoline, jet fuel and diesel at up to 130,000 ","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/ashqelon-port-il-akl","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/ashqelon-port-il-akl","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Ashqelon · (UN/LOCODE: IL AKL) · Israel · Very Small"}