Brunsbuettel, Germany
Port · DEBRB · 53.90°, 9.19° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Plastics, Rubber, Leather
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 2,629
About the port
The World Port Index lists Brunsbuettel as a small lake or canal harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 11 m in the channel, 11 m at the anchorage, 11 m at the cargo pier and 9 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 5 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
PortWatch estimates 2,415 port calls at Brunsbuettel from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 201 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 42%, tankers 38% and container ships 13% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 9.2 million t imported and 3.2 million t exported.
The busiest month was Oct 2025 (243 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (147).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Brunsbuettel, the earliest issued in 2000; the most common types are nav aids (2) and incidents (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Brunsbuettel 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: 193 calls, 846 thousand t in, 233 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 lake or canal
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 11 m · anchorage 11 m · cargo pier 11 m · oil terminal 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 5 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other, tide; not swell
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- marine railway
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 192 (Enroute) - North Sea
- chart
- 37228
World Port Index entry Brunsbuttel Canal Terminals (No. 30720), 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 Germany's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 5.0%, exports 2.8%.
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.