Åbenrå, Denmark
Port · DKAAB · 55.04°, 9.43° · Mineral Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 5
- vessel calls / yr
- 359
About the port
The World Port Index lists Åbenrå as a small coastal breakwater harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 11 m in the channel, 23 m at the anchorage, 6 m at the cargo pier and 9 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated major.
Åbenrå is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 349 port calls at Åbenrå from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 29 a month, 9% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 61%, tankers 17% and dry bulk carriers 14% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.2 million t imported and 503 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (44 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (20).
What is reported near this port
5 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Åbenrå, the earliest issued in 2005; the most common types are wrecks (2), nav aids (2) and incidents (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Åbenrå is not necessarily about the port; collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 31 calls, 114 thousand t in, 3 thousand t out
Warnings within 60 nm, by year of issue
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small coastal breakwater
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 11 m · anchorage 23 m · cargo pier 6 m · oil terminal 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, tide; not swell
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- cranes
- mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- major
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 194 (Enroute) - Baltic Sea (Southern Part)
- chart
- 44062
World Port Index entry Abenra (No. 30100), matched by UN/LOCODE. NGA Publication 150 (U.S. government work). The index describes the port as last surveyed for the publication; it is not a substitute for Sailing Directions or port authority information.
Share of Denmark's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 7.4%, exports 6.4%.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.