{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Ballstad","identifier":"NO BSD","unlocode":"NO BSD","city":null,"country":"Norway","waterBody":"Norwegian Sea; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Coastal (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":6.4,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":68.066667,"longitude":13.7},"description":"Registered under UN/LOCODE NO BSD, Ballstad is the largest traditional fishing village in Norway's Lofoten archipelago, sitting at the sheltered inner end of the Vestfjord on Vestvågøy. For more than a thousand years its economy has centred on the seasonal skrei (Arctic cod) fishery, with wooden drying racks, working boatyards and fish-processing plants lining the harbour. It is a fishing and shelter harbour rather than a commercial cargo port: there are no scheduled container or general-cargo s","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/ballstad-port-no-bsd","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/ballstad-port-no-bsd","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Ballstad · (UN/LOCODE: NO BSD) · Norway · Very Small · 6.4 m"}