Kårstø, Norway
Port · NOKAR · 59.28°, 5.51° · Mineral Products, Vehicles & Equipment, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 6
- vessel calls / yr
- 450
About the port
The World Port Index lists Kårstø as a medium open roadstead harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 23 m in the channel, 23 m at the anchorage, 11 m at the cargo pier and 14 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a medium drydock.
PortWatch estimates 377 port calls at Kårstø from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 31 a month, 12% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 98%, general cargo ships 2% and ro-ro vessels 0% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 2 thousand t imported and 4.6 million t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (39 calls) and the quietest Oct 2025 (24).
What is reported near this port
6 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Kårstø, the earliest issued in 2012; the most common types are surveys (2), other (1) and debris (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Kårstø 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: 32 calls, 0 t in, 325 thousand 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
- medium open roadstead
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 23 m · anchorage 23 m · cargo pier 11 m · oil terminal 14 m
- entrance restricted by
- other
- overhead limits
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage
- services
- medical
- supplies
- water; not diesel, fuel oil
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- medium
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 182 (Enroute) - North and West Coasts of Norway
World Port Index entry Karsto (No. 23451), 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 Norway's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.0%, exports 4.6%.
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.