Køge, Denmark
Port · DKKOG · 55.46°, 12.20° · Mineral Products, Wood & Wood Products, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 8
- vessel calls / yr
- 485
About the port
The World Port Index lists Køge as a very small coastal breakwater harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 5 m in the channel, 6 m at the anchorage, 6 m at the cargo pier and 6 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a small drydock.
Køge is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 631 port calls at Køge from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 53 a month, 13% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 74%, dry bulk carriers 9% and ro-ro vessels 6% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 381 thousand t imported and 363 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (63 calls) and the quietest Jul 2026 (43).
What is reported near this port
8 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Køge, the earliest issued in 2000; the most common types are wrecks (6), other (1) and exercises (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Køge 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: 53 calls, 25 thousand t in, 40 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
- very small coastal breakwater
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 5 m · anchorage 6 m · cargo pier 6 m · oil terminal 6 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- small
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 194 (Enroute) - Baltic Sea (Southern Part)
- chart
- 44100
World Port Index entry Koge (No. 29220), 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 Denmark's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 1.6%, exports 1.5%.
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.