{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Jamestown","identifier":"SH SHN","unlocode":"SH SHN","city":null,"country":"Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha","waterBody":"South Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Large","harborType":"Open Roadstead","channelDepthMeters":23.2,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":-15.916667,"longitude":-5.716667},"description":"The code SH SHN points to Jamestown, capital of Saint Helena and one of the remotest ports in the South Atlantic. A monthly lo-lo freight service links the island to the mainland: since March 2024 MACS has run the route from Cape Town with the vessel MV Karoline, cargo transhipped at Cape Town or Walvis Bay and discharged at Rupert's Bay. In September 2025 the purpose-built Rupert's Cargo Facility opened there, ending centuries of cargo work at the Jamestown wharf; goods then move by road to the","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/jamestown-port-sh-shn","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/jamestown-port-sh-shn","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Jamestown · (UN/LOCODE: SH SHN) · Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha · Large · 23.2 m"}