Sorel, Canada
Port · CASOR · 46.05°, -73.12°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 123
About the port
The World Port Index lists Sorel as a small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 11 m in the channel, 9 m at the anchorage and 9 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated major, with a medium drydock.
Sorel is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 129 port calls at Sorel from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 11 a month, 4% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 78%, general cargo ships 21% and container ships 1% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 485 thousand t imported and 1.4 million t exported.
The busiest month was Nov 2025 (18 calls) and the quietest Mar 2026 (2).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Sorel, the earliest issued in 1985; the most common types are spills (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Sorel 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, 85 thousand t in, 76 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Gulf of Saint Lawrence; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- depths
- channel 11 m · anchorage 9 m · cargo pier 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, 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
- Mediterranean mooring, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- major
- drydock
- medium
- marine railway
- large
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 145 (Enroute) - Nova Scotia and the Saint Lawrence
- chart
- 14211
World Port Index entry Sorel (No. 2220), 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 Canada's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.9%, exports 0.8%.
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.