Gdynia, Poland
Port · PLGDY · 54.54°, 18.52° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 2,495
About the port
The World Port Index lists Gdynia as a large coastal breakwater harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 14 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 other conditions.
Largest vessel listed: length 334 m, beam 48 m and draft 13 m.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated major, with a large drydock.
Gdynia is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 2,215 port calls at Gdynia from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 185 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, container ships 37%, general cargo ships 22% and tankers 16% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 10 million t imported and 6.7 million t exported.
The busiest month was Nov 2025 (197 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (167).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Gdynia, 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 Gdynia 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: 188 calls, 830 thousand t in, 511 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- large coastal breakwater
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 14 m · anchorage 9 m · cargo pier 6 m · oil terminal 9 m
- largest vessel
- length 334 m · beam 48 m · draft 13 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not swell, tide
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cargo handling
- break bulk, container, liquid bulk, ro-ro, solid bulk
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- deck stores, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- major
- drydock
- large
- marine railway
- large
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 194 (Enroute) - Baltic Sea (Southern Part)
- chart
- 44462
World Port Index entry Gdynia (No. 28740), 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 16%, exports 27%.
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.