Husum, Sweden
Port · SEHUS · 63.32°, 19.17° · Mineral Products, Wood & Wood Products, Metals
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 316
About the port
The World Port Index lists Husum as a very small coastal natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 6 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.
Pilotage is compulsory.
PortWatch estimates 261 port calls at Husum from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 22 a month, 16% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 63%, ro-ro vessels 25% and tankers 8% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 242 thousand t imported and 227 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (31 calls) and the quietest Jul 2026 (6).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Husum.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 16 calls, 9 thousand t in, 21 thousand t out
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
- Gulf of Bothnia; Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 6 m · cargo pier 6 m · oil terminal 9 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- longshore labour; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, water
- first port of entry
- no
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 195 (Enroute) - Gulf of Finland and Gulf of Bothnia
- chart
- 44240
World Port Index entry Husum (No. 26790), 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 Sweden's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.8%, exports 1.1%.
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.