{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"La Union","identifier":"SVLUN","unlocode":"SVLUN","city":null,"country":"El Salvador","waterBody":"North Pacific Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Coastal (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":10,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":13.333333,"longitude":-87.83333299999998},"description":"Just 95 ship calls between 2014 and 2017, and only 21 vessels carrying about 23,000 TEU in 2019, tell the story of La Unión (UN/LOCODE SV LUN), also known as Cutuco, on El Salvador's Gulf of Fonseca coast. Opened in 2010 as a multi-purpose terminal built for Panamax and Post-Panamax container ships, with quay depths of around 14 metres, the port has remained chronically under-used. The main obstacle is the costly maintenance dredging of its access channel, estimated at some 13 million m³; a Japa","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/la-union-port-svlun","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/la-union-port-svlun","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"La Union · (UN/LOCODE: SVLUN) · El Salvador · Very Small · 10 m"}