Stigsnaes, Denmark
Port · 55.21°, 11.26°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 6
- vessel calls / yr
- 203
About the port
The World Port Index lists Stigsnaes as a very small open roadstead harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 16 m in the channel, 20 m at the anchorage, 6 m at the cargo pier and 16 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 155 port calls at Stigsnaes from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 13 a month, 17% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 67%, general cargo ships 22% and container ships 6% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 647 thousand t imported and 806 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (19 calls) and the quietest Apr 2026 (6).
What is reported near this port
6 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Stigsnaes, the earliest issued in 2001; the most common types are wrecks (4), other (1) and exercises (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Stigsnaes 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: 13 calls, 14 thousand t in, 15 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 open roadstead
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 16 m · anchorage 20 m · cargo pier 6 m · oil terminal 16 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- services
- dirty ballast reception, garbage disposal, medical
- supplies
- deck stores, engine stores, provisions, water; not diesel, fuel oil
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 194 (Enroute) - Baltic Sea (Southern Part)
- chart
- 44069
World Port Index entry Stigsnaesvaerket (No. 29545), matched by name 0.7 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 Denmark's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 7.5%, exports 7.6%.
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.