Reni, Ukraine
Port · UARNI · 45.42°, 28.29°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 6
- vessel calls / yr
- 407
About the port
The World Port Index lists Reni as a very small river natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 9 m at the anchorage, 3 m at the cargo pier and 6 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 6 m.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 97 port calls at Reni from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 8 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 87%, dry bulk carriers 7% and tankers 3% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 26 thousand t imported and 219 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Oct 2025 (17 calls) and the quietest Aug 2026 (0).
What is reported near this port
6 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Reni, the earliest issued in 2017; the most common types are exercises (5) and nav aids (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Reni 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: 0 calls, 0 t in, 0 t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- very small river natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Black Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III
- depths
- channel 6 m · anchorage 9 m · cargo pier 3 m · oil terminal 6 m
- mean rise of tide
- 6 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, longshore labour; not garbage disposal
- supplies
- deck stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 183 (Enroute) - North Coast of Russia
World Port Index entry Reni (No. 43925), 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 Ukraine's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 1.3%, exports 1.5%.
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.