{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Kotzebue","identifier":"US OTZ","unlocode":"US OTZ","city":null,"country":"United States","waterBody":"Chukchi Sea; Arctic Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Coastal (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":1.8,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":66.916667,"longitude":-162.583333},"description":"Barge delivery is what makes Kotzebue (US OTZ) viable, replacing costly air freight as the seasonal supply route for Alaska's Northwest Arctic Borough on the Chukchi Sea. With the approach channel only about 1.8 m deep, ocean tankers anchor some 16 km offshore and Crowley transloads fuel by shallow-draft tug and barge into a 23-million-litre tank farm, then carries it onward to villages up the Kobuk and Noatak rivers. Alaska Marine Lines brings general cargo and construction materials during the","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/kotzebue-port-us-otz","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/kotzebue-port-us-otz","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Kotzebue · (UN/LOCODE: US OTZ) · United States · Very Small · 1.8 m"}