{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Karumba","identifier":"AU KRB","unlocode":"AU KRB","city":null,"country":"Australia","waterBody":"Gulf of Carpentaria; Arafura Sea; South Pacific Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"River (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":3.4,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":-17.483333,"longitude":140.833333},"description":"Few ports move deep-sea tonnage with so little draft as Karumba (AU KRB), at the mouth of the Norman River on the Gulf of Carpentaria. Maintained to only about 3.2 m, the river berth cannot load ocean bulkers directly, so zinc concentrate from the New Century mine leaves on shallow-draft transhipment vessels such as the Wunma and is reloaded onto deep-sea carriers roughly 20 km offshore. Karumba is also a key live cattle export port, holding the country's only quarantine yard from which cattle w","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/karumba-port-au-krb","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/karumba-port-au-krb","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Karumba · (UN/LOCODE: AU KRB) · Australia · Very Small · 3.4 m"}