Riga, Latvia
Port · LVRIX · 57.02°, 24.09° · Mineral Products, Wood & Wood Products, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 2,683
About the port
The World Port Index lists Riga as a large river natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 13 m in the channel, 22 m at the anchorage, 9 m at the cargo pier and 6 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Largest vessel listed: length 300 m and beam 48 m.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Riga is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 2,273 port calls at Riga from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 189 a month, 9% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 52%, container ships 33% and dry bulk carriers 8% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.8 million t imported and 6.7 million t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (210 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (161).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Riga.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 188 calls, 137 thousand t in, 488 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- large river natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Gulf of Riga; Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 13 m · anchorage 22 m · cargo pier 9 m · oil terminal 6 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- largest vessel
- length 300 m · beam 48 m
- offshore, largest vessel
- length 15 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cargo handling
- break bulk, container, liquid bulk, ro-ro, solid bulk
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- deck stores, fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 194 (Enroute) - Baltic Sea (Southern Part)
- chart
- 44401
World Port Index entry Riga (No. 28610), 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 Latvia's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 51%, exports 53%.
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.