Lubeck-Travemunde, Germany
Port · 53.94°, 10.86° · Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages, Vehicles & Equipment, Animal & Animal Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,195
About the port
The World Port Index lists Lubeck-Travemunde as a small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 17 m at the anchorage and 9 m at the cargo pier.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate, with a medium drydock.
PortWatch estimates 1,169 port calls at Lubeck-Travemunde from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 97 a month, 6% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, ro-ro vessels 67%, tankers 16% and general cargo ships 9% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.0 million t imported and 1.0 million t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (118 calls) and the quietest Jan 2026 (80).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Lubeck-Travemunde, the earliest issued in 2014; the most common types are incidents (1) and nav aids (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Lubeck-Travemunde 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: 109 calls, 86 thousand t in, 71 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
- small river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 17 m · cargo pier 9 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not swell, tide
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- moderate
- drydock
- medium
- marine railway
- medium
- first port of entry
- no
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 194 (Enroute) - Baltic Sea (Southern Part)
- chart
- 44067
World Port Index entry Lubeck-Travemunde (No. 28880), matched by name 1.8 nm from PortWatch's position for this port. 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 0.7%, 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.