{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Tartus","identifier":"SY TTS","unlocode":"SY TTS","city":null,"country":"Syria","waterBody":"Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"Coastal (Breakwater)","channelDepthMeters":14,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":34.9,"longitude":35.866667},"description":"Calling Tartus a major container gateway would overstate it: Syria's second port after Latakia handles only around 20,000 containers a year against a total throughput capacity of roughly four million tonnes. Following the fall of the Assad regime in late 2024, the new government cancelled Russian conglomerate Stroytransgaz's 49-year lease, and in 2025 the UAE's DP World took over a multipurpose terminal with a stated US$800 million investment plan. The Mediterranean port has traditionally export","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/tartus-port-sy-tts","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/tartus-port-sy-tts","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Tartus · (UN/LOCODE: SY TTS) · Syria · Small · 14 m"}