{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Indiana Harbor","identifier":"US ECH","unlocode":"US ECH","city":null,"country":"United States","waterBody":"Lake Michigan; Great Lakes","harborSize":"Medium","harborType":"Coastal (Breakwater)","channelDepthMeters":7.9,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":41.666667,"longitude":-87.433333},"description":"Iron ore in, steel out — Indiana Harbor (US ECH) is the captive harbour of the East Chicago steel complex on Lake Michigan, not a container port. At roughly 12–13 million tonnes a year it ranks first in tonnage among Lake Michigan harbours and second across all the Great Lakes. Taconite pellets from the Lake Superior ranges and limestone feed the adjacent mills, while outbound traffic adds steel, coke, gypsum, cement and petroleum products. Classic Great Lakes bulk freighters work the port, and ","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/indiana-port-us-ech","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/indiana-port-us-ech","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Indiana Harbor · (UN/LOCODE: US ECH) · United States · Medium · 7.9 m"}