{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Watchet Harbor","identifier":"GB WAT","unlocode":"GB WAT","city":null,"country":"United Kingdom","waterBody":"Bristol Channel; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Coastal (Breakwater)","channelDepthMeters":1.8,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":51.183333,"longitude":-3.333333},"description":"Once handling over 1,100 ship movements a year at its 1860s peak, Watchet shipped iron ore to Wales and landed timber and esparto grass for its paper mill — but the last cargo vessel left in 1993. The Bristol Channel basin is now a 150-berth marina with no commercial freight role: there are no container, customs or general-cargo facilities here. Forwarders with consignments for west Somerset rely instead on the deep-water ports of Avonmouth and Bristol. Watchet is worth a footnote in maritime hi","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/watchet-port-gb-wat","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/watchet-port-gb-wat","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Watchet Harbor · (UN/LOCODE: GB WAT) · United Kingdom · Very Small · 1.8 m"}