{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Saginaw","identifier":"US SGM","unlocode":"US SGM","city":null,"country":"United States","waterBody":"Lake Huron; Great Lakes","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"River (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":7.9,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":43.433333,"longitude":-83.933333},"description":"Saginaw (US SGM) works as a bulk river port, not a container or ocean-liner gateway. Lying on the Saginaw River, which drains into Lake Huron via Saginaw Bay, it forms part of the Great Lakes navigation system and is served mainly by lake freighters and barges. The dock lines handle construction materials — aggregates, limestone, sand, gravel, cement and slag — distributed across mid-Michigan. Because the channel shoals upstream to about 16.5 ft near Green Point, deeper-laden vessels berth at th","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/saginaw-port-us-sgm","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/saginaw-port-us-sgm","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Saginaw · (UN/LOCODE: US SGM) · United States · Small · 7.9 m"}