{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Kikuma Ko","identifier":"JP KIK","unlocode":"JP KIK","city":null,"country":"Japan","waterBody":"Sea of Japan; North Pacific Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Coastal (Breakwater)","channelDepthMeters":23.2,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":34.033333,"longitude":132.833333},"description":"For more than 750 years the town of Kikuma has fired roof tiles, once shipped across the Seto Inland Sea — a trade that shaped this small breakwater port in Ehime prefecture, between Matsuyama and Imabari. Today its core function is an oil terminal with berths around 15.5 m deep serving the nearby Taiyo Oil refinery, rather than container traffic. The harbour can take vessels over 500 feet long, with a cargo pier dredged to roughly 20 m. Despite that depth, it handles no significant container vo","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/kikuma-ko-port-jp-kik","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/kikuma-ko-port-jp-kik","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Kikuma Ko · (UN/LOCODE: JP KIK) · Japan · Very Small · 23.2 m"}