Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Port · RULED · 59.90°, 30.11° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Wood & Wood Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 4,432
About the port
The World Port Index lists Saint Petersburg as a large coastal breakwater harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 3 m in the channel, 20 m at the anchorage, 6 m at the cargo pier and 5 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated major.
Saint Petersburg is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 3,776 port calls at Saint Petersburg from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 315 a month, 12% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 36%, general cargo ships 29% and dry bulk carriers 18% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 10 million t imported and 32 million t exported.
The busiest month was Oct 2025 (393 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (227).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Saint Petersburg.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 302 calls, 836 thousand t in, 2.5 million t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- large coastal breakwater
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Gulf of Finland; Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 3 m · anchorage 20 m · cargo pier 6 m · oil terminal 5 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- deck stores, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- major
- marine railway
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 195 (Enroute) - Gulf of Finland and Gulf of Bothnia
- chart
- 44361
World Port Index entry Sankt-Peterburg (No. 28370), 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 Russian Federation's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 27%, exports 7.7%.
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.