Eemshaven, The Netherlands
Port · NLEEM · 53.44°, 6.84° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 5
- vessel calls / yr
- 617
About the port
The World Port Index lists Eemshaven as a small river basin harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 9 m at the anchorage, 11 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 ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a medium drydock.
PortWatch estimates 686 port calls at Eemshaven from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 57 a month, 8% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 57%, tankers 31% and container ships 6% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 3.3 million t imported and 195 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Nov 2025 (68 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (48).
What is reported near this port
5 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Eemshaven, 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 Eemshaven 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: 50 calls, 226 thousand t in, 15 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 river basin
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 9 m · cargo pier 11 m · oil terminal 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- floating, mobile
- services
- degaussing, dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour
- supplies
- fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- medium
- marine railway
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 192 (Enroute) - North Sea
- chart
- 37222
World Port Index entry Eemshaven (No. 30985), 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 0.9%, exports 0.2%.
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.