Two Harbors, United States
Port · USTHB · 47.20°, -91.39° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Plastics, Rubber, Leather
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 300
About the port
The World Port Index lists Two Harbors as a small coastal breakwater harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 8 m at the anchorage and 8 m at the cargo pier.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
PortWatch estimates 221 port calls at Two Harbors from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 18 a month, 28% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 100% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 0 t imported and 3.0 million t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (36 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (0).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Two Harbors, the earliest issued in 2006; the most common types are nav aids (1) and spills (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Two Harbors 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: 22 calls, 0 t in, 343 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
- small coastal breakwater
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Lake Superior; Great Lakes
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- depths
- channel 6 m · anchorage 8 m · cargo pier 8 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- not ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- services
- medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- first port of entry
- no
- sailing directions
- U.S. Coast Pilot 6 - Great Lakes and their connecting waterways
World Port Index entry Two Harbors (No. 5470), 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 United States's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.0%, exports 0.5%.
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.