Pärnu, Estonia
Port · EEPRN · 58.40°, 24.49° · Wood & Wood Products, Vegetable Products, Mineral Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 270
About the port
The World Port Index lists Pärnu as a small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 7 m in the channel, 5 m at the anchorage and 7 m at the cargo pier.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Largest vessel listed: length 143 m, beam 45 m and draft 7 m.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Pärnu is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 243 port calls at Pärnu from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 20 a month, 3% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 86% and container ships 14% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 63 thousand t imported and 441 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jun 2026 (30 calls) and the quietest Sep 2025 (14).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Pärnu.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 21 calls, 4 thousand t in, 43 thousand t out
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
- Gulf of Riga; Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 7 m · anchorage 5 m · cargo pier 7 m
- entrance width
- 45 m
- largest vessel
- length 143 m · beam 45 m · draft 7 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- no
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required, port security; not traffic separation scheme, under-keel clearance system, vessel traffic service
- berthing
- anchorage, ice mooring, wharves; not beach mooring, Mediterranean mooring
- cargo handling
- break bulk, dangerous cargo, ro-ro, solid bulk; not container, liquid bulk, oil terminal
- cranes
- fixed, mobile; not container, floating
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, ice breaking, longshore labour; not degaussing, diving, electrical repair, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water; not aviation fuel, engine stores
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 194 (Enroute) - Baltic Sea (Southern Part)
- chart
- 44400
World Port Index entry Parnu (No. 28550), 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 Estonia's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 1.1%, exports 4.1%.
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.