{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Sakata Ko","identifier":"JPSKT","unlocode":"JPSKT","city":null,"country":"Japan","waterBody":"Sea of Japan; North Pacific Ocean","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"Coastal (Tide Gates)","channelDepthMeters":9.4,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":38.933333,"longitude":139.816667},"description":"Developed during the Edo period as a key call on the Kitamaebune coastal trade, Sakata long shipped the rice and safflower of inland Yamagata. Today it remains the prefecture's only commercial port, handling some 3.15 million tonnes a year of dry bulk, bulk liquids, forest products and breakbulk at the mouth of the Mogami River. Container traffic is modest — roughly 5,500 TEU annually — so the harbour functions mainly as a bulk and project-cargo outlet rather than a box hub. A 9.4 m channel and ","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/sakata-ko-port-jpskt","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/sakata-ko-port-jpskt","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Sakata Ko · (UN/LOCODE: JPSKT) · Japan · Small · 9.4 m"}