Baltiysk, Russian Federation
Port · RUBLT · 54.64°, 19.92° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 6
- vessel calls / yr
- 198
About the port
The World Port Index lists Baltiysk as a small coastal breakwater harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 14 m at the anchorage, 8 m at the cargo pier and 6 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a small drydock.
PortWatch estimates 112 port calls at Baltiysk from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 9 a month, 32% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, container ships 34%, general cargo ships 31% and ro-ro vessels 29% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 154 thousand t imported and 38 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Aug 2026 (23 calls) and the quietest Jan 2026 (2).
What is reported near this port
6 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Baltiysk, the earliest issued in 2013; the most common types are debris (3), exercises (2) and surveys (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Baltiysk 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: 23 calls, 20 thousand t in, 11 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
- fair
- water body
- Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 14 m · cargo pier 8 m · oil terminal 6 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- medical
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 194 (Enroute) - Baltic Sea (Southern Part)
- chart
- 806266
World Port Index entry Baltiysk (No. 28680), 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 Russian Federation's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.5%, 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.