{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Sharpness","identifier":"GB SSS","unlocode":"GB SSS","city":null,"country":"United Kingdom","waterBody":"Bristol Channel; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"Canal or Lake","channelDepthMeters":1.8,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":51.716667,"longitude":-2.483333},"description":"Reached through a tidal lock at the entrance to the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, Sharpness is a compact dock port at the head of the Bristol Channel where the River Severn narrows. It takes vessels of up to about 6,000 tonnes, with a maximum beam of 16.76 metres and no length limit, and works dry bulk and breakbulk rather than containers. Typical cargoes are cement, fertiliser, grain and animal feed, coal, minerals, timber and forest products, general cargo and scrap metal, with fertiliser an","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/sharpness-port-gb-sss","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/sharpness-port-gb-sss","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Sharpness · (UN/LOCODE: GB SSS) · United Kingdom · Small · 1.8 m"}