{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Iwakuni Ko","identifier":"JP IWK","unlocode":"JP IWK","city":null,"country":"Japan","waterBody":"Seto Inland Sea; North Pacific Ocean","harborSize":"Medium","harborType":"Open Roadstead","channelDepthMeters":21.6,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":34.183333,"longitude":132.25},"description":"Iwakuni Ko (JP IWK) is best understood as an industrial port rather than a container gateway, built around the chemical, paper and petroleum plants of the Setonaikai industrial belt near Iwakuni and neighbouring Otake. Four specialised wharves divide the work: Shozoku for chemicals, sand and stone, Shoko for oil products, Shinminato for containers, paper and spinning products, and Muronoki for timber and paper. Deep water in the sheltered Hiroshima Bay lets large crude-oil tankers berth comforta","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/iwakuni-ko-port-jp-iwk","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/iwakuni-ko-port-jp-iwk","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Iwakuni Ko · (UN/LOCODE: JP IWK) · Japan · Medium · 21.6 m"}