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The West Sea Barrage of the Namp'o port, built by erecting
an 8-km long sea wall, has three lock chambers which allow the passage of ships
up to 50,000 tons, and 36 sluices.
Nampho Harbour is often used as the primary port of call for the reception of
foreign food aid assistance into North
Korea. In 2008, the harbour received several batches of grain delivery, the
first batch delivered in June was sent by the United
States and weighed 38,000 tons.
South Korean-based relief organisation Join Together Society donated one batch
of flour in October of the same year weighing approximately 500 tons. The port of Namp'o has modern harbour
facilities that can accommodate ships of 20,000 tons but is frozen during the
winter. Namp'o serves as Pyongyang's port on the Yellow Sea
