Albany, United States
Port · 42.62°, -73.76°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 9
- vessel calls / yr
- 55
About the port
The World Port Index lists Albany as a medium river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 11 m at the anchorage, 8 m at the cargo pier and 8 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 limited.
Albany is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 71 port calls at Albany from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 6 a month, 34% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 42%, dry bulk carriers 30% and tankers 25% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 366 thousand t imported and 217 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Aug 2026 (12 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (2).
What is reported near this port
9 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Albany, the earliest issued in 1988; the most common types are spills (9).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Albany 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: 12 calls, 107 thousand t in, 16 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
- medium river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 11 m · cargo pier 8 m · oil terminal 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, tide; not ice, swell
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed
- services
- electrical repair, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- U.S. Coast Pilot 2 - Atlantic Coast: Cape Cod MA to Sandy Hook NJ
- chart
- 12348
World Port Index entry Albany (No. 7720), matched by name 1.7 nm from PortWatch's position for this port. 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 United States's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.0%, exports 0.0%.
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.