Husum, Germany
Port · DEHUS · 54.47°, 9.04° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 5
- vessel calls / yr
- 138
About the port
The World Port Index lists Husum as a very small river natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 2 m in the channel, 6 m at the anchorage and 3 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 3 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide and other conditions.
Pilotage is not compulsory but is advisable.
Repair facilities are rated moderate.
Husum is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 134 port calls at Husum from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 11 a month, 8% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 96% and container ships 4% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 74 thousand t imported and 3 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jun 2026 (14 calls) and the quietest Sep 2025 (9).
What is reported near this port
5 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Husum, the earliest issued in 2000; the most common types are nav aids (4) and incidents (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Husum 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: 12 calls, 4 thousand t in, 922 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 river natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 2 m · anchorage 6 m · cargo pier 3 m
- mean rise of tide
- 3 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, tide; not ice, swell
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable; not compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed
- services
- dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, water
- repairs
- moderate
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 192 (Enroute) - North Sea
World Port Index entry Husum (No. 30680), 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 0.0%, exports 0.0%.
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.