{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Sitka","identifier":"US SIT","unlocode":"US SIT","city":null,"country":"United States","waterBody":"Alaska-Canada coastal waters; North Pacific Ocean","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"Coastal (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":7.9,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":57.05,"longitude":-135.333333},"description":"Alaska Marine Lines anchors freight service to Sitka, running container-on-barge sailings twice weekly from Seattle, with Samson Tug & Barge providing additional capacity. These barges resupply the Baranof Island community with groceries, vehicles, machinery and project cargo, and carry out refrigerated seafood — herring, salmon and halibut — on the return leg. Sitka has no road link to the Alaskan mainland, so the sea route is its only freight artery and there is no inland hinterland. A channel","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/sitka-port-us-sit","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/sitka-port-us-sit","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Sitka · (UN/LOCODE: US SIT) · United States · Small · 7.9 m"}