{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Darien","identifier":"US DIE","unlocode":"US DIE","city":null,"country":"United States","waterBody":"North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"River (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":1.8,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":31.366667,"longitude":-81.433333},"description":"Rice and cotton once left Darien for the Atlantic in the 1820s, yet the port's real commercial peak came later: between 1870 and 1900 it was the leading yellow pine and cypress timber shipping point on the US East Coast. That trade faded, and since the 1940s Darien has functioned mainly as home port to a sizeable shrimp fleet rather than a cargo terminal. With a channel depth of only about 1.8 metres, the port (UN/LOCODE US DIE) on the Altamaha River suits fishing and small service vessels, not ","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/darien-port-us-die","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/darien-port-us-die","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Darien · (UN/LOCODE: US DIE) · United States · Very Small · 1.8 m"}