Port guide · UN/LOCODE DE KAP
Kappeln, Germany
Germany · 54.67° N, 9.93° E
The World Port Index classes Kappeln as a river port reached from the Baltic Sea. It records a channel depth of 1.8 m and a cargo pier depth of 1.8 m. Norfolk is 6,530 km away in a straight line.
- Channel depth
- 1.8 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 1.8 m
- Max vessel draft
- 3.5 m
- From Norfolk
- 6,530 kmGreat-circle distance
- Nearest port guide
- Eckernforde20 km away
Depths and vessel limits
The index sets a maximum vessel draft of 3.5 m.
- Channel depth
- 1.8 m
- Anchorage depth
- 11 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 1.8 m
- Maximum vessel draft
- 3.5 m
As recorded in the World Port Index. Gauges run from 0 to 25 m. Confirm current depths and limits with the port before you fix a vessel.
Facilities on record
Arrival and entry
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Arrival notice (ETA message) required
- Yes
- Shelter afforded
- Good
- Entrance restricted by tide
- No
- Entrance restricted by swell
- No
- Entrance restricted by ice
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Cargo handling
The heaviest lift class recorded is up to 24 tons.
- Container
- No
- Ro-ro
- No
- Breakbulk
- No
- Solid bulk
- No
- Liquid bulk
- No
- Oil terminal
- No
- LNG terminal
- No
- Wharves
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts up to 24 tons
- Yes
- Longshore labor
- Yes
- Railway
- Small
Services and supplies
Repair capability is rated limited.
- Repairs
- Limited
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel oil
- Yes
- Potable water
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
- Dirty ballast disposal
- No
- Airport
- Yes
US trade with Germany
- US exports, 2025
- $82.8BLed by aircraft and spacecraft
- US imports, 2025
- $155.8BLed by machinery and mechanical appliances
Other ports in Germany
The nearest is Eckernforde, 20 km away in a straight line.
- BremenCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 7.9 mDE BRE
- BremerhavenCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 11 mDE BRV
- Brunsbuttel ElbahafenCargo pier 12.5 m, channel 12.5 mDE BRB
- CuxhavenCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 14 mDE CUX
- EckernfordeCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 6.4 m, breakbulkDE ECK
- EmdenCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 7.9 mDE EME
- FlensburgCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 4.9 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkDE FLF
- HamburgCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 9.4 mDE HAM
- HeiligenhafenCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 5 m, breakbulk and bulkDE HHF
- KielCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 11 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkDE KEL
- LeerCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 3.4 mDE LEE
- LubeckCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 7.9 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkDE LBC
- NordenhamCargo pier 12.5 m, channel 11 mDE NHA
- RostockCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 7.9 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkDE RSK
- SassnitzCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 9.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkDE SAS
- StralsundCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 3.4 m, breakbulk and bulkDE STL
- WilhelmshavenCargo pier 11 m, channel 20.1 mDE WVN
- WismarCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 9.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkDE WIS
Sources
- US trade figures: US Census Bureau, International Trade API, HS2 total exports and general imports for calendar 2024 and 2025, retrieved November 4, 2026.
- Port data: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, World Port Index (Pub 150), from NGA's UpdatedPub150.csv as captured by the Internet Archive on September 29, 2026.
- Distances are great-circle distances computed from World Port Index coordinates, not sailing distances.
- Map: Natural Earth 1:110m land, public domain.