Kalmar, Sweden
Port · SEKLR · 56.66°, 16.37° · Wood & Wood Products, Vegetable Products, Mineral Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 317
About the port
The World Port Index lists Kalmar as a very small coastal breakwater harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 6 m at the anchorage, 5 m at the cargo pier and 6 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a medium drydock.
Kalmar is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 352 port calls at Kalmar from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 29 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 61%, tankers 34% and container ships 4% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 230 thousand t imported and 208 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jun 2026 (35 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (19).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Kalmar, the earliest issued in 2022; the most common types are nav aids (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Kalmar 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: 33 calls, 16 thousand t in, 23 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 breakwater
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 6 m · anchorage 6 m · cargo pier 5 m · oil terminal 6 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- medium
- marine railway
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 194 (Enroute) - Baltic Sea (Southern Part)
- chart
- 44140, 44160
World Port Index entry Kalmar (No. 24570), 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 0.7%, exports 0.6%.
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.