Marsa Tobruk, Libya
Port · LYTOB · 32.06°, 23.98° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 114
About the port
The World Port Index lists Marsa Tobruk as a small coastal breakwater harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 17 m in the channel, 23 m at the anchorage and 8 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Marsa Tobruk is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 170 port calls at Marsa Tobruk from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 14 a month, 18% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 71%, general cargo ships 15% and dry bulk carriers 11% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.2 million t imported and 5.6 million t exported.
The busiest month was Jul 2026 (26 calls) and the quietest Nov 2025 (6).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Marsa Tobruk, the earliest issued in 2017; the most common types are incidents (2) and piracy (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Marsa Tobruk 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: 20 calls, 90 thousand t in, 729 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 breakwater
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III
- depths
- channel 17 m · anchorage 23 m · cargo pier 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell; not ice, tide
- good holding ground
- no
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 132 (Enroute) - Eastern Mediterranean
- chart
- 56161
World Port Index entry Mersa Tobruq (No. 45220), 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 Libya's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 2.9%, exports 32%.
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.