Port guide · UN/LOCODE DE STL
Stralsund, Germany
Germany · 54.32° N, 13.10° E
The World Port Index classes Stralsund as a coastal harbor sheltered by breakwaters on the Baltic Sea. It records a channel depth of 3.4 m and a cargo pier depth of 4.9 m. Norfolk is 6,730 km away in a straight line.
- Channel depth
- 3.4 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 4.9 m
- Max vessel length
- 119.3 m
- From Norfolk
- 6,730 kmGreat-circle distance
- Nearest port guide
- Sassnitz40 km away
Depths and vessel limits
The index sets a maximum vessel length of 119.3 m and a maximum draft of 6.5 m.
- Channel depth
- 3.4 m
- Anchorage depth
- 6.4 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 4.9 m
- Tidal range
- 2 m
- Maximum vessel length
- 119.3 m
- Maximum vessel beam
- 16.5 m
- Maximum vessel draft
- 6.5 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
Stralsund is listed as a first port of entry. Pilotage is compulsory.
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Pilotage compulsory
- Yes
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Tug salvage
- Yes
- Arrival notice (ETA message) required
- Yes
- Shelter afforded
- Excellent
- Entrance restricted by tide
- No
- Entrance restricted by swell
- No
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Cargo handling
Cargo facilities on record: breakbulk and solid bulk. The heaviest lift class recorded is up to 24 tons.
- Container
- No
- Ro-ro
- No
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Solid bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- No
- Oil terminal
- No
- LNG terminal
- No
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts up to 24 tons
- Yes
- Longshore labor
- Yes
- Railway
- Medium
Services and supplies
Repair capability is rated major.
- Repairs
- Major
- Electrical repair
- Yes
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel oil
- Yes
- Potable water
- Yes
- Deck supplies
- Yes
- Engine supplies
- Yes
- Shore electricity
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
- Garbage disposal
- Yes
- Dirty ballast disposal
- Yes
- 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 Sassnitz, 40 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
- KappelnCargo pier 1.8 m, channel 1.8 mDE KAP
- 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
- 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.