Milwaukee, United States
Port · USMKE · 43.02°, -87.91° · Mineral Products, Metals, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 89
About the port
The World Port Index lists Milwaukee as a medium river natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 5 m at the anchorage, 6 m at the cargo pier and 8 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate.
Milwaukee is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 112 port calls at Milwaukee from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 9 a month, 22% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 90%, general cargo ships 4% and tankers 4% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 370 thousand t imported and 133 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (14 calls) and the quietest Jan 2026 (2).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Milwaukee.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 10 calls, 25 thousand t in, 28 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium river natural
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- Lake Michigan; Great Lakes
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- depths
- channel 6 m · anchorage 5 m · cargo pier 6 m · oil terminal 8 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance, salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- moderate
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- U.S. Coast Pilot 6 - Great Lakes and their connecting waterways
- chart
- 14924
World Port Index entry Milwaukee (No. 4860), 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 United States's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.1%, 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.