Transportation
The city is a transportation hub that is connected to Pyongyang. An airport, railway and a large freeway connect Namp'o to Pyongyang and other locations. Nampo Station is on the Pyongnam Line. 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.
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