Port guide · UN/LOCODE NO BJF
Batsfjord, Norway
Norway · 70.63° N, 29.74° E
The World Port Index classes Batsfjord as a natural coastal harbor on the Barents Sea. It records a cargo pier depth of 4.9 m. Norfolk is 6,730 km away in a straight line.
- Cargo pier depth
- 4.9 m
- Max vessel draft
- 8.3 m
- From Norfolk
- 6,730 kmGreat-circle distance
- Nearest port guide
- Vardo60 km away
Depths and vessel limits
The index sets a maximum vessel draft of 8.3 m.
- Anchorage depth
- 11 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 4.9 m
- Maximum vessel draft
- 8.3 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 compulsory
- No
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Arrival notice (ETA message) required
- Yes
- Shelter afforded
- Good
Cargo handling
Cargo facilities on record: ro-ro, breakbulk and liquid bulk.
- Container
- No
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Solid bulk
- No
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- LNG terminal
- No
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Longshore labor
- Yes
Services and supplies
Repair capability is rated limited.
- Repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel oil
- Yes
- Potable water
- Yes
- Deck supplies
- Yes
- Engine supplies
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
- Garbage disposal
- Yes
- Dirty ballast disposal
- Yes
- Airport
- Yes
US trade with Norway
- US exports, 2025
- $4.5BLed by mineral fuels and oils
- US imports, 2025
- $6.6BLed by fish and seafood
Other ports in Norway
The nearest is Vardo, 60 km away in a straight line.
- AlesundCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 4.9 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO AES
- AltaCargo pier 9.4 m, container, breakbulk and bulkNO ALF
- ArendalCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 21.6 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO ARE
- BergenCargo pier 11 m, channel 23.2 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO BGO
- BodoCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 20.1 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO BOO
- BrevikCargo pier 9.4 m, channel 11 mNO BVK
- BronnoysundCargo pier 4.9 m, ro-ro and breakbulkNO BNN
- DrammenCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 9.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO DRM
- EgersundCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 3.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO EGE
- FarsundCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 23.2 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO FAN
- FlekkefjordenCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 7.9 m, breakbulkNO FFD
- FloroCargo pier 6.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO FRO
- FredrikstadCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 4.9 mNO FRK
- GlomfjordCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 23.2 m, container, breakbulk and bulkNO GLO
- HaldenCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 6.4 m, container, breakbulk and bulkNO HAL
- HammerfestCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 23.2 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO HFT
- HarstadCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 23.2 mNO HRD
- HaugesundCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 11 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO HAU
- HolmestrandCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 20.1 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO HOL
- HommelvikCargo pier 4.9 m, breakbulk and bulkNO HOK
- HortenCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 9.4 m, ro-ro and breakbulkNO HOR
- HusnesCargo pier 9.4 m, breakbulk and bulkNO HUS
- KirkenesCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 23.2 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO KKN
- KrageroCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 15.5 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO KRA
- KristiansandCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 4.9 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO KRS
- KristiansundCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 11 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO KSU
- LarvikCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 23.2 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO LAR
- LeirvikCargo pier 4.9 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO LRI
- MaloyCargo pier 11 m, channel 23.2 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO MAY
- MandalCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 11 m, breakbulk and bulkNO MAN
- Mo I RanaCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 23.2 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO MQN
- MoldeCargo pier 11 m, channel 23.2 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO MOL
- MongstadCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 23.2 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO MON
- MosjoenCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 4.9 m, container, breakbulk and bulkNO MJF
- MossCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 11 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO MSS
- MuruvikCargo pier 7.9 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO MRV
- NamsosCargo pier 9.4 m, channel 17.1 m, breakbulk and bulkNO OSY
- NarvikCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 23.2 mNO NVK
- OddaCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 14 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO ODD
- OrkangerCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 23.2 m
- OsloCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 11 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO OSL
- PorsgrunnCargo pier 11 m, channel 7.9 mNO POR
- RisorCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 11 m, breakbulkNO RIS
- RorvikCargo pier 7.9 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO RVK
- SandefjordenCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 14 m, ro-ro and breakbulkNO SAD
- SandnesCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 4.9 m, container, ro-ro and breakbulkNO SAS
- SaudaCargo pier 3.4 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO SAU
- SkienCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 6.4 mNO SKE
- StamsundCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 4.9 m, ro-ro and breakbulkNO SUZ
- StavangerCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 23.2 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO SVG
- SunndalsoraCargo pier 9.4 m, channel 23.2 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO SUN
- SvolvaerCargo pier 1.8 m, breakbulk and bulkNO SVJ
- TonsbergCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 4.9 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO TON
- TromsoCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 6.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO TOS
- TrondheimCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 6.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO TRD
- TvedestrandCargo pier 6.4 m, breakbulk and bulkNO TVE
- VadsoCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 6.4 m, breakbulk and bulkNO VDS
- VardoCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 17.1 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkNO VAO
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.