{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Kharg Island Oil Terminal","identifier":"IR KHK","unlocode":"IR KHK","city":null,"country":"Iran","waterBody":"Persian Gulf; Indian Ocean","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"Open Roadstead","channelDepthMeters":23.2,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":29.233333,"longitude":50.333333},"description":"Treat Kharg Island as an oil loading point, not a port for boxes: this terminal in the northern Persian Gulf handles close to 90% of Iran's crude exports and nothing resembling containers or general cargo. Water depths above 20 m alongside and at anchorage let VLCC supertankers berth and load, with several large tankers worked at once and tens of millions of barrels of storage behind the jetties. The facility moves crude oil and petroleum products only — there is no multipurpose, breakbulk or co","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/kharg-island-oil-terminal-port-ir-khk","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/kharg-island-oil-terminal-port-ir-khk","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Kharg Island Oil Terminal · (UN/LOCODE: IR KHK) · Iran · Small · 23.2 m"}