Västerås, Sweden
Port · SEVST · 59.59°, 16.52° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Plastics, Rubber, Leather
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 464
About the port
The World Port Index lists Västerås as a medium lake or canal harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 5 m in the channel, 6 m at the anchorage, 3 m at the cargo pier and 5 m at the oil terminal.
The index lists no entrance restriction from tide, swell or ice.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate.
Västerås is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 423 port calls at Västerås from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 35 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 50%, tankers 23% and container ships 20% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 667 thousand t imported and 96 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (43 calls) and the quietest Jul 2026 (28).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Västerås, the earliest issued in 2023; the most common types are nav aids (2).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Västerås 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: 32 calls, 54 thousand t in, 6 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium lake or canal
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Baltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 5 m · anchorage 6 m · cargo pier 3 m · oil terminal 5 m
- entrance restricted by
- not ice, other, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, 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
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 194 (Enroute) - Baltic Sea (Southern Part)
World Port Index entry Vasteras (No. 25395), 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 Sweden's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 1.6%, 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.