Södertälje, Sweden
Port · SESOE · 59.24°, 17.62° · Mineral Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 653
About the port
The World Port Index lists Södertälje as a small lake or canal harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 8 m at the anchorage, 8 m at the cargo pier and 6 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 703 port calls at Södertälje from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 59 a month, 13% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 33%, ro-ro vessels 28% and tankers 24% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.1 million t imported and 126 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Mar 2026 (81 calls) and the quietest Jul 2026 (41).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Södertälje, the earliest issued in 2023; the most common types are nav aids (2).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Södertälje 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: 57 calls, 82 thousand t in, 24 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small lake or canal
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 8 m · cargo pier 8 m · oil terminal 6 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- no
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed
- services
- electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- medium
- first port of entry
- no
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 194 (Enroute) - Baltic Sea (Southern Part)
- chart
- 44180
World Port Index entry Sodertalje (No. 25320), 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 Sweden's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 2.6%, exports 0.5%.
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.