Oxelösund, Sweden
Port · SEOXE · 58.67°, 17.13° · Mineral Products, Metals, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 515
About the port
The World Port Index lists Oxelösund as a small coastal natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 5 m in the channel, 14 m at the anchorage, 11 m at the cargo pier and 13 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Oxelösund is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 480 port calls at Oxelösund from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 40 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 69%, container ships 12% and ro-ro vessels 10% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.9 million t imported and 428 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Aug 2026 (46 calls) and the quietest Nov 2025 (31).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Oxelösund, the earliest issued in 2024; the most common types are nav aids (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Oxelösund 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: 46 calls, 98 thousand t in, 38 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small coastal natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 5 m · anchorage 14 m · cargo pier 11 m · oil terminal 13 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 194 (Enroute) - Baltic Sea (Southern Part)
- chart
- 44160, 44180
World Port Index entry Oxelosund (No. 25280), 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 Sweden's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 4.3%, exports 2.0%.
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.