Cuxhaven, Germany
Port · DECUX · 53.85°, 8.72° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 5
- vessel calls / yr
- 998
About the port
The World Port Index lists Cuxhaven as a medium river basin harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 14 m in the channel, 3 m at the anchorage and 6 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 3 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate.
Cuxhaven is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 916 port calls at Cuxhaven from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 76 a month, 8% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, ro-ro vessels 44%, tankers 28% and general cargo ships 21% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 444 thousand t imported and 655 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jun 2026 (94 calls) and the quietest Jan 2026 (63).
What is reported near this port
5 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Cuxhaven, the earliest issued in 2000; the most common types are nav aids (4) and incidents (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Cuxhaven 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: 74 calls, 16 thousand t in, 50 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 basin
- shelter
- good
- water body
- North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 14 m · anchorage 3 m · cargo pier 6 m
- mean rise of tide
- 3 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- moderate
- marine railway
- large
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 192 (Enroute) - North Sea
- chart
- 37226
World Port Index entry Cuxhaven (No. 30800), 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 0.3%, exports 0.5%.
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.