{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Diego Garcia","identifier":"IO DGA","unlocode":"IO DGA","city":null,"country":"British Indian Ocean Territory","waterBody":"Indian Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Coastal (Breakwater)","channelDepthMeters":12.5,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":-7.35,"longitude":72.466667},"description":"Forget container bookings here: Diego Garcia (IO DGA) is a restricted US-UK military atoll base in the Chagos Archipelago, closed to non-authorised traffic. No commercial freight, customs clearance or dangerous-goods handling is available to the open market; the base is resupplied by military logistics and a monthly Schuyler Line service transhipped via Singapore. For ordinary shipments in the wider Indian Ocean, route via Singapore, or use Colombo or Malé as the nearest commercial ports.","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/diego-garcia-port-io-dga","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/diego-garcia-port-io-dga","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Diego Garcia · (UN/LOCODE: IO DGA) · British Indian Ocean Territory · Very Small · 12.5 m"}