Gdansk, Poland
Port · PLGDN · 54.38°, 18.69° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Metals
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 3,059
About the port
The World Port Index lists Gdansk as a large lake or canal harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 9 m at the anchorage, 6 m at the cargo pier and 9 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Largest vessel listed: length 400 m, beam 15 m and draft 61 m.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated major, with a large drydock.
Gdansk is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 3,492 port calls at Gdansk from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 291 a month, 4% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 37%, container ships 27% and tankers 25% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 67 million t imported and 21 million t exported.
The busiest month was Nov 2025 (324 calls) and the quietest Apr 2026 (267).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Gdansk, the earliest issued in 2014; the most common types are exercises (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Gdansk 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: 302 calls, 6.5 million t in, 1.9 million t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- large lake or canal
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 6 m · anchorage 9 m · cargo pier 6 m · oil terminal 9 m
- largest vessel
- length 400 m · beam 15 m · draft 61 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- Mediterranean mooring, wharves
- cargo handling
- break bulk, container, liquid bulk, ro-ro, solid bulk
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- degaussing, dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- major
- drydock
- large
- marine railway
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 194 (Enroute) - Baltic Sea (Southern Part)
- chart
- 44463
World Port Index entry Gdansk (No. 28710), 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 Poland's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 70%, exports 59%.
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.