Runavik, Faroe Islands
Port · 62.12°, -6.73°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 56
About the port
The World Port Index lists Runavik as a very small coastal natural harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 14 m in the channel, 23 m at the anchorage and 12 m at the cargo pier.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Largest vessel listed: draft 11 m.
Pilotage is not compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a small drydock.
PortWatch estimates 154 port calls at Runavik from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 13 a month, 60% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 70% and container ships 30% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 42 thousand t imported and 61 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (24 calls) and the quietest Sep 2025 (6).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Runavik, the earliest issued in 2015; the most common types are other (1) and exercises (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Runavik 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: 14 calls, 6 thousand t in, 4 thousand 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
- very small coastal natural
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Norwegian Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 14 m · anchorage 23 m · cargo pier 12 m
- largest vessel
- draft 11 m
- entrance restricted by
- other
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- not compulsory
- traffic and reporting
- port security
- berthing
- wharves
- cargo handling
- break bulk, container, ro-ro; not oil terminal
- services
- medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 141 (Enroute) - Scotland
- chart
- 35180
World Port Index entry Runavik (No. 32702), matched by name 0.3 nm from PortWatch's position for this port. 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 Faroe Islands's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 17%, exports 51%.
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.