{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Pictou","identifier":"CA PTO","unlocode":"CA PTO","city":null,"country":"Canada","waterBody":"Gulf of Saint Lawrence; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"Coastal (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":6.4,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":45.666667,"longitude":-62.716667},"description":"Pictou is a working harbour whose freight role today is modest rather than commercial-scale. On the north shore of Pictou Harbour on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, it built its name in 19th-century shipbuilding and shipping — 24 wartime Park freighters came off its ways, followed by trawlers and ferries — but the 2020 closure of the Northern Pulp mill at nearby Abercrombie removed its main cargo generator, and shallow 6.4 m depths at channel and berth limit larger vessels. Ship repair with a small ","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/pictou-port-ca-pto","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/pictou-port-ca-pto","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Pictou · (UN/LOCODE: CA PTO) · Canada · Small · 6.4 m"}