{"@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. It lies at the eastern edge of Yamaguchi Prefecture on the western shore of Hiroshima Bay. 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 p","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"}