{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Husavik","identifier":"IS HUS","unlocode":"IS HUS","city":null,"country":"Iceland","waterBody":"Greenland Sea; Arctic Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Coastal (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":7.9,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":66.033333,"longitude":-17.333333},"description":"In North Iceland's fishing economy, Húsavík on Skjálfandi Bay is best known as the country's whale-watching capital, a trade launched from this harbour in 1995. Commercially the port remains a fishing and seafood-processing base rather than a container or general-cargo gateway, and customs clearance for boxed freight is not handled here. Heavy industrial cargo uses the deep-water port at Bakki about three kilometres away, which serves the PCC silicon-metal plant opened in 2018, importing raw mat","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/husavik-port-is-hus","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/husavik-port-is-hus","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Husavik · (UN/LOCODE: IS HUS) · Iceland · Very Small · 7.9 m"}