{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Useless Loop","identifier":"AU USL","unlocode":"AU USL","city":null,"country":"Australia","waterBody":"Indian Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Open Roadstead","channelDepthMeters":9.4,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":-26.083333,"longitude":113.4},"description":"Shark Bay Salt, a Mitsui & Co. operation, is the single reason Useless Loop exists as a port: the company has run the solar-salt field on this remote stretch of Western Australia since 1973 and took full ownership in 2005. Around 1.4 million tonnes of high-purity salt leave each year, moved onto bulk carriers by a dedicated conveyor and ship loader at what is an open roadstead sheltered by Dirk Hartog Island. There is no container or general-cargo terminal here and no scheduled liner trade — han","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/useless-loop-port-au-usl","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/useless-loop-port-au-usl","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Useless Loop · (UN/LOCODE: AU USL) · Australia · Very Small · 9.4 m"}