Delfzijl, The Netherlands
Port · NLDZL · 53.31°, 6.96° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 5
- vessel calls / yr
- 733
About the port
The World Port Index lists Delfzijl as a small coastal tide gate harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 8 m at the anchorage, 6 m at the cargo pier and 3 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 3 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a medium drydock.
Delfzijl is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 629 port calls at Delfzijl from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 52 a month, 4% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 58%, general cargo ships 34% and dry bulk carriers 5% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 429 thousand t imported and 615 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Aug 2026 (80 calls) and the quietest Dec 2025 (30).
What is reported near this port
5 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Delfzijl, the earliest issued in 1999; the most common types are incidents (2), cable ops (2) and nav aids (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Delfzijl 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: 80 calls, 60 thousand t in, 57 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 tide gate
- shelter
- good
- water body
- North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 6 m · anchorage 8 m · cargo pier 6 m · oil terminal 3 m
- mean rise of tide
- 3 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, tide; not ice, swell
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- medium
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 192 (Enroute) - North Sea
- chart
- 37224
World Port Index entry Delfzijl (No. 30990), 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 The Netherlands's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.2%, exports 0.7%.
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.