{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Sinop","identifier":"TR SIC","unlocode":"TR SIC","city":null,"country":"Turkey","waterBody":"Black Sea; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Open Roadstead","channelDepthMeters":3.4,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":42.05,"longitude":35.166667},"description":"Once a major ancient Black Sea port, Sinop lost its commercial weight as trade shifted to Samsun and Trabzon, and today it handles only about 1,030 tonnes of cargo and 8,240 passengers a year. Sitting on the Boztepe peninsula, the shallow harbour serves fishing boats, ferries and small tankers, with a cargo quay of just 1.8 m — too shallow for modern boxships. It has no rail link. Forwarders with commercial freight should use Samsun, Turkey's largest Black Sea port and the only one with a railwa","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/sinop-port-tr-sic","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/sinop-port-tr-sic","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Sinop · (UN/LOCODE: TR SIC) · Turkey · Very Small · 3.4 m"}