Sydney, United States
Port · USSDY · 46.18°, -60.22° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 6
- vessel calls / yr
- 97
About the port
The World Port Index lists Sydney as a medium coastal natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 11 m in the channel, 11 m at the anchorage, 11 m at the cargo pier and 11 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by ice.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate, with a small drydock.
Sydney is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 90 port calls at Sydney from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 8 a month, 17% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 56%, dry bulk carriers 31% and general cargo ships 13% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 861 thousand t imported and 67 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Oct 2025 (11 calls) and the quietest Sep 2025 (6).
What is reported near this port
6 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Sydney, the earliest issued in 1970; the most common types are cable ops (3), spills (2) and surveys (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Sydney 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: 6 calls, 58 thousand t in, 541 t out
Warnings within 60 nm, by year of issue
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Disruption events listing this port · IMF PortWatch
- FIONA-22 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2022-09-14 to 2022-09-24 — Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 213 km/h)
PortWatch lists the ports inside each event's affected area; being listed does not mean the port was damaged or closed.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium coastal natural
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- depths
- channel 11 m · anchorage 11 m · cargo pier 11 m · oil terminal 11 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice; not other, swell, tide
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory; not advisable
- tugs
- not assistance, salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- 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
- moderate
- drydock
- small
- marine railway
- large
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 145 (Enroute) - Nova Scotia and the Saint Lawrence
World Port Index entry Sydney (No. 6000), matched by name 1.7 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 United States's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.1%, exports 0.0%.
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.