Sandusky, United States
Port · USSKY · 41.46°, -82.73° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 4
- vessel calls / yr
- 201
About the port
The World Port Index lists Sandusky as a small coastal natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 6 m at the anchorage and 6 m at the cargo pier.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Sandusky is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 141 port calls at Sandusky from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 12 a month, 27% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 98% and general cargo ships 2% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 284 thousand t imported and 517 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jul 2026 (21 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (0).
What is reported near this port
4 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Sandusky, the earliest issued in 2004; the most common types are spills (4).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Sandusky 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, 23 thousand t in, 43 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
- small coastal natural
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- Lake Erie; Great Lakes
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- depths
- channel 6 m · anchorage 6 m · cargo pier 6 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- not ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- services
- electrical repair, medical, navigation equipment repair; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- U.S. Coast Pilot 6 - Great Lakes and their connecting waterways
- chart
- 14842, 14845
World Port Index entry Sandusky (No. 3530), 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 United States's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.1%, exports 0.1%.
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.