{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Port Huon","identifier":"AU PHU","unlocode":"AU PHU","city":null,"country":"Australia","waterBody":"South Pacific Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"River (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":7.9,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":-43.166667,"longitude":146.983333},"description":"Built in the 1950s to load Tasmanian apples for export to Europe, the deep-water wharf at Port Huon (UN/LOCODE AU PHU) on the Huon River near Geeveston, about 50 km south of Hobart, once anchored an industry that peaked in 1964 at 8.9 million export crates before collapsing through the 1980s. Today the port, part of the TasPorts-administered Hobart port area, handles general cargo, timber and paper products, and bulk fishmeal imports supplying the region's salmon farming industry, notably servin","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/port-huon-port-au-phu","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/port-huon-port-au-phu","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Port Huon · (UN/LOCODE: AU PHU) · Australia · Very Small · 7.9 m"}