{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Forcados Oil Terminal","identifier":"NG FOR","unlocode":"NG FOR","city":null,"country":"Nigeria","waterBody":"Bight of Benin; Gulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Open Roadstead","channelDepthMeters":23.2,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":5.166667,"longitude":5.183333},"description":"Commissioned by Shell in 1971, the Forcados Oil Terminal (NG FOR) has long served as one of the principal crude-export outlets of Nigeria's western Niger Delta. It is built around an offshore single buoy mooring rather than a quay, so tankers load Forcados Blend – a light, low-sulphur grade of about 31.5° API – on the open roadstead rather than alongside. Forwarders should treat this strictly as a crude-oil export point: there is no container, RoRo or general-cargo handling here. Crude reaches t","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/forcados-oil-terminal-port-ng-for","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/forcados-oil-terminal-port-ng-for","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Forcados Oil Terminal · (UN/LOCODE: NG FOR) · Nigeria · Very Small · 23.2 m"}