Magadan, Russian Federation
Port · RUGDX · 59.55°, 150.75°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 4
- vessel calls / yr
- 164
About the port
The World Port Index lists Magadan as a small coastal natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 17 m in the channel, 17 m at the anchorage, 12 m at the cargo pier and 8 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 3 m.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Largest vessel listed: length 200 m and draft 11 m.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate.
PortWatch estimates 190 port calls at Magadan from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 16 a month, 3% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 36%, container ships 36% and tankers 22% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 979 thousand t imported and 46 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (19 calls) and the quietest Sep 2025 (13).
What is reported near this port
4 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Magadan, the earliest issued in 2001; the most common types are nav aids (2), incidents (1) and wrecks (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Magadan 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: 18 calls, 68 thousand t in, 13 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 coastal natural
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- Sea of Okhotsk; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIII
- depths
- channel 17 m · anchorage 17 m · cargo pier 12 m · oil terminal 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 3 m
- largest vessel
- length 200 m · draft 11 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- floating, mobile
- services
- medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, water
- repairs
- moderate
- marine railway
- medium
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 155 (Enroute) - East Coast of Russia
World Port Index entry Bukhta Nagayeva (Magadan) (No. 62550), matched by name 1.6 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 Russian Federation's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 2.2%, exports 0.0%.
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.