{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Bucksport","identifier":"US BUP","unlocode":"US BUP","city":null,"country":"United States","waterBody":"North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"River (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":9.4,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":44.566667,"longitude":-68.783333},"description":"Petroleum products define what moves through Bucksport today: heating oil, gasoline and related fuels handled at the Sprague Energy terminal on the Penobscot River, operated jointly with Webber Tanks. Pipelines link the wharf to several steel storage tanks, and the deep channel admits the same class of vessels that call at nearby Searsport. The town's large paper mill, long the economic mainstay, closed in 2014 and was dismantled by 2019. Container and general cargo are not handled here. Hinterl","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/bucksport-port-us-bup","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/bucksport-port-us-bup","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Bucksport · (UN/LOCODE: US BUP) · United States · Very Small · 9.4 m"}