Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Port · DEWVN · 53.58°, 8.12° · Mineral Products, Wood & Wood Products, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,231
About the port
The World Port Index lists Wilhelmshaven as a small coastal tide gate harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 20 m in the channel, 11 m at the anchorage, 11 m at the cargo pier and 6 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 4 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate, with a small drydock.
Wilhelmshaven is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 1,556 port calls at Wilhelmshaven from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 130 a month, 6% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, container ships 46%, tankers 37% and general cargo ships 8% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 23 million t imported and 3.9 million t exported.
The busiest month was Mar 2026 (146 calls) and the quietest Dec 2025 (108).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Wilhelmshaven, the earliest issued in 2000; the most common types are nav aids (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Wilhelmshaven 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: 140 calls, 1.8 million t in, 331 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small coastal tide gate
- shelter
- good
- water body
- North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I
- depths
- channel 20 m · anchorage 11 m · cargo pier 11 m · oil terminal 6 m
- mean rise of tide
- 4 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell, tide; not ice
- overhead limits
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- degaussing, dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- moderate
- drydock
- small
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 192 (Enroute) - North Sea
- chart
- 37232
World Port Index entry Wilhelmshaven (No. 30910), 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 Germany's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 14%, exports 3.5%.
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.