Fuglafjordur, Faroe Islands
Port · 62.23°, -6.80°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 126
About the port
The World Port Index lists Fuglafjordur as a very small coastal natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 24 m at the anchorage, 11 m at the cargo pier and 13 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Largest vessel listed: length 125 m and draft 7 m.
Pilotage is not compulsory but is advisable.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 142 port calls at Fuglafjordur from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 12 a month, 12% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 80%, tankers 15% and container ships 4% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 99 thousand t imported and 49 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jun 2026 (22 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (4).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Fuglafjordur, the earliest issued in 2015; the most common types are other (1) and exercises (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Fuglafjordur 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: 13 calls, 8 thousand t in, 5 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
- very small coastal natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Norwegian Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 6 m · anchorage 24 m · cargo pier 11 m · oil terminal 13 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- largest vessel
- length 125 m · draft 7 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable; not compulsory
- traffic and reporting
- not ETA message required
- cargo handling
- break bulk, liquid bulk, oil terminal
- cranes
- mobile
- services
- medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- none
- first port of entry
- no
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 141 (Enroute) - Scotland
- chart
- 35180
World Port Index entry Fuglafjordur (No. 32740), matched by name 1.2 nm from PortWatch's position for this port. 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 Faroe Islands's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 83%, exports 49%.
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.