{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Oporto","identifier":"PT DOU","unlocode":"PT DOU","city":null,"country":"Portugal","waterBody":"North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"River (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":3.4,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":41.15,"longitude":-8.666667},"description":"Porto's maritime trade once entered directly through the mouth of the Douro, but a shifting sandbank and rock-strewn channel made the bar notoriously dangerous, and cargo handling on the river was ordered to stop in 1942. What remains today is essentially a tourism waterway — river cruises and the port-wine heritage of the rabelo boats — rather than a working freight port. For forwarders, PT DOU therefore carries no independent commercial cargo role. Containers, bulk, breakbulk and Ro-Ro for the","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/oporto-port-pt-dou","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/oporto-port-pt-dou","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Oporto · (UN/LOCODE: PT DOU) · Portugal · Very Small · 3.4 m"}