Turku, Finland
Port · FITKU · 60.44°, 22.19° · Wood & Wood Products, Mineral Products, Animal & Animal Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 249
About the port
The World Port Index lists Turku as a medium river basin harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 17 m at the anchorage, 6 m at the cargo pier and 9 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is not compulsory but is advisable.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a medium drydock.
Turku is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 190 port calls at Turku from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 16 a month, 7% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 52%, ro-ro vessels 25% and container ships 18% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 119 thousand t imported and 9 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Mar 2026 (19 calls) and the quietest Oct 2025 (13).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Turku.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 17 calls, 9 thousand t in, 960 t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium river basin
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 17 m · cargo pier 6 m · oil terminal 9 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable; not compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- medium
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 195 (Enroute) - Gulf of Finland and Gulf of Bothnia
- chart
- 44327
World Port Index entry Turku (No. 27820), 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 Finland's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.7%, exports 0.4%.
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.