Emden, Germany
Port · DEEME · 53.35°, 7.18° · Mineral Products, Vehicles & Equipment, Machinery & Electrical Equipment
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 5
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,018
About the port
The World Port Index lists Emden as a medium river tide gate harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 11 m at the anchorage, 6 m at the cargo pier and 9 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 major, with a large drydock.
Emden is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 956 port calls at Emden from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 80 a month, 3% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, ro-ro vessels 39%, general cargo ships 28% and tankers 22% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 2.2 million t imported and 675 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jul 2026 (92 calls) and the quietest Dec 2025 (64).
What is reported near this port
5 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Emden, 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 Emden 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: 71 calls, 206 thousand t in, 39 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 tide gate
- shelter
- good
- water body
- North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 11 m · cargo pier 6 m · oil terminal 9 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
- mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil
- repairs
- major
- drydock
- large
- marine railway
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 192 (Enroute) - North Sea
- chart
- 37224
World Port Index entry Emden (No. 30950), 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 1.1%, 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.