{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Uglegorsk","identifier":"RUUGL","unlocode":"RUUGL","city":null,"country":"Russia","waterBody":"Tatar Strait; North Pacific Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Open Roadstead","channelDepthMeters":18.6,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":49.083333,"longitude":142.033333},"description":"Known in the Japanese Karafuto era as Esutoru, Uglegorsk sits on Sakhalin's west coast facing the Tatar Strait, and its very name — from the Russian for 'coal' — points to its single trade. The port is an open roadstead with a shallow cargo pier of about 2.4 m, so larger bulk carriers are worked at anchor rather than alongside. Most of the island's coal now leaves through the modernised neighbouring port of Shakhtersk (Eastern Mining/VGK), which handled around 8.8 million tonnes in 2019 and acco","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/uglegorsk-port-ruugl","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/uglegorsk-port-ruugl","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Uglegorsk · (UN/LOCODE: RUUGL) · Russia · Very Small · 18.6 m"}