Prince Rupert, Canada
Port · CAPRR · 54.27°, -130.34° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 7
- vessel calls / yr
- 514
About the port
The World Port Index lists Prince Rupert as a medium coastal natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 23 m in the channel, 13 m at the anchorage, 11 m at the cargo pier and 9 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 4 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a small drydock.
Prince Rupert is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 547 port calls at Prince Rupert from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 46 a month, 4% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 48%, container ships 31% and tankers 19% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.3 million t imported and 16 million t exported.
The busiest month was Mar 2026 (51 calls) and the quietest Apr 2026 (36).
What is reported near this port
7 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Prince Rupert, the earliest issued in 1995; the most common types are nav aids (3), spills (2) and surveys (2).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Prince Rupert 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: 43 calls, 259 thousand t in, 1.1 million 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
- medium coastal natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Alaska-Canada coastal waters; North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XII
- depths
- channel 23 m · anchorage 13 m · cargo pier 11 m · oil terminal 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 4 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell, tide; not ice
- overhead limits
- yes
- good holding ground
- no
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance, salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- floating, mobile
- services
- electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- small
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 154 (Enroute) - British Columbia
- chart
- 17443
World Port Index entry Prince Rupert (No. 18950), 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 Canada's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 2.0%, exports 8.7%.
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.