Nordenham, Germany
Port · DENHA · 53.50°, 8.51°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 943
About the port
The World Port Index lists Nordenham as a small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 11 m in the channel, 8 m at the anchorage, 13 m at the cargo pier and 8 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 4 m.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a small drydock.
Nordenham is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 926 port calls at Nordenham from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 77 a month, 8% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 60%, tankers 20% and container ships 10% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 2.7 million t imported and 738 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Aug 2026 (89 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (61).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Nordenham, the earliest issued in 2000; the most common types are nav aids (2).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Nordenham 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: 89 calls, 394 thousand t in, 89 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
- North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 11 m · anchorage 8 m · cargo pier 13 m · oil terminal 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 4 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- small
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 192 (Enroute) - North Sea
- chart
- 37234
World Port Index entry Nordenham (No. 30840), 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 Germany's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 1.9%, 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.