Kharg Island
Crude export port · Iran
- UN/LOCODE
- IRKHK
- Position
- 29.23° N, 50.33° E
- Largest tanker
- 500,000 t deadweight, the highest berth limit on file
Sea distances to trading hubs
| Hub | Nautical miles | Via |
|---|---|---|
| Rotterdam | 6,586 | Bab el-Mandeb, Strait of Gibraltar, Strait of Hormuz, Suez Canal |
| Houston | 9,978 | Bab el-Mandeb, Strait of Gibraltar, Strait of Hormuz, Suez Canal |
| Santos | 8,562 | Strait of Hormuz, Cape of Good Hope |
| Fujairah | 536 | Strait of Hormuz |
| Singapore (Pulau Bukom) | 3,810 | Strait of Malacca, Strait of Hormuz |
| Ningbo | 5,917 | Strait of Malacca, Strait of Hormuz |
Shortest sea route, computed with searoute on the MARNET shipping lane graph; within about 2 % of official tables on the main corridors.
Terminals and berths
Kharg Island oil terminal (NIOC / Iranian Oil Terminals Co.)
| Limit | Value | Applies to | Data quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max deadweight | 500,000 t | Sea Island | D |
| Max arrival draught | 32 m | Sea Island | D |
| Max deadweight | 275,000 t | T-Jetty | D |
| Max arrival draught | 20.7 m | T-Jetty | D |
| Max deadweight | 80,000 t | Darius Terminal · LOA 274 m, draught 20.0 m | D |
| Storage | 28,300,000 bbl | as of 2023 (4.5 million m3) | D |
| Berths | 10 VLCC berths | '10 VLCCs can berth simultaneously' (2016) | D |
Sources: Shipnext port directory - General Description / Port Restrictions; S&P Global Commodity Insights 051825 'Iran adds 2 million barrels of crude storage capacity' (search extract); SHANA (Iranian oil ministry news) 2016 statement (search extract)