{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Les Sables D' Olonne","identifier":"FR LSO","unlocode":"FR LSO","city":null,"country":"France","waterBody":"Bay of Biscay; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Medium","harborType":"River (Basins)","channelDepthMeters":6.4,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":46.5,"longitude":-1.8},"description":"Better known for the Vendée Globe round-the-world race than for commercial shipping, Les Sables d'Olonne nonetheless runs a working cargo port on France's Bay of Biscay coast. It handles around 1 million tonnes a year (in 2021, 519 vessel calls including 155 cargo ships and 216 sand dredgers), with basins taking ships up to 110 m long and roughly 4,500 tonnes deadweight. The trade is bulk and breakbulk – imported sand and cement, plus fertiliser and grain exports – and there is no container hand","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/les-sables-d-olonne-port-fr-lso","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/les-sables-d-olonne-port-fr-lso","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Les Sables D' Olonne · (UN/LOCODE: FR LSO) · France · Medium · 6.4 m"}