{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Batsfjorden","identifier":"NO BJF","unlocode":"NO BJF","city":null,"country":"Norway","waterBody":"Barents Sea; Arctic Ocean","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"Coastal (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":0,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":70.634722222,"longitude":29.737222222},"description":"Often called Norway's fisheries capital, Båtsfjord (UN/LOCODE NO BJF) on the Varanger peninsula in Finnmark is one of the largest fishing ports in Norway and Scandinavia, its economy turning on cod, herring and increasingly king crab landed from the Barents and Norwegian seas. Several thousand fishing vessels call each year at its sheltered, ice-free waters. It is also one of the few Norwegian ports still open to Russian fishing vessels, whose catches are cleared through customs here before ente","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/batsfjorden-port-no-bjf","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/batsfjorden-port-no-bjf","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Batsfjorden · (UN/LOCODE: NO BJF) · Norway · Small"}