{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Buchanan","identifier":"LR UCN","unlocode":"LR UCN","city":null,"country":"Liberia","waterBody":"North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Coastal (Breakwater)","channelDepthMeters":12.5,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":5.866667,"longitude":-10.066667},"description":"A 225-metre ore quay, water depths of about 10.5 metres and a ship loader rated up to 10,000 tonnes per hour define Buchanan (LR UCN), Liberia's principal iron-ore export port. Built in the 1960s by the Swedish-American LAMCO venture to ship ore from the Nimba Range, the port resumed exports in 2011 after ArcelorMittal Liberia rebuilt the 245-kilometre standard-gauge railway to its Tokadeh mine. A new material-handling terminal adds a rail-car dumper, stacker and reclaimers. Lying about 272 kilo","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/buchanan-port-lr-ucn","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/buchanan-port-lr-ucn","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Buchanan · (UN/LOCODE: LR UCN) · Liberia · Very Small · 12.5 m"}