Szczecin, Poland
Port · PLSZZ · 53.44°, 14.59° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Metals
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 2,066
About the port
The World Port Index lists Szczecin as a medium river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 6 m at the anchorage, 2 m at the cargo pier and 5 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate, with a small drydock.
Szczecin is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 1,927 port calls at Szczecin from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 161 a month, 5% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 57%, container ships 19% and tankers 17% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 3.8 million t imported and 2.0 million t exported.
The busiest month was Nov 2025 (187 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (119).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Szczecin.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 171 calls, 276 thousand t in, 236 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 6 m · cargo pier 2 m · oil terminal 5 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance, salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- moderate
- drydock
- small
- marine railway
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 194 (Enroute) - Baltic Sea (Southern Part)
World Port Index entry Szczecin (No. 28823), 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 Poland's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 5.1%, exports 7.0%.
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.