Port guide · UN/LOCODE DE ECK
Eckernforde, Germany
Germany · 54.48° N, 9.83° E
The World Port Index classes Eckernforde as a river port with enclosed basins reached from the Baltic Sea. It records a channel depth of 6.4 m and a cargo pier depth of 4.9 m. Norfolk is 6,530 km away in a straight line.
- Channel depth
- 6.4 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 4.9 m
- Max vessel draft
- 5 m
- From Norfolk
- 6,530 kmGreat-circle distance
- Nearest port guide
- Kappeln20 km away
Depths and vessel limits
The index sets a maximum vessel draft of 5 m.
- Channel depth
- 6.4 m
- Anchorage depth
- 20 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 4.9 m
- Tidal range
- 1 m
- Maximum vessel draft
- 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 compulsory
- No
- Pilotage available
- No
- Pilotage advisable
- No
- Tug assistance
- No
- Tug salvage
- No
- Shelter afforded
- Good
- Entrance restricted by tide
- No
- Entrance restricted by swell
- No
- Entrance restricted by ice
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Cargo handling
Cargo facilities on record: breakbulk.
- Container
- No
- Ro-ro
- No
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Solid bulk
- No
- Liquid bulk
- No
- Oil terminal
- No
- LNG terminal
- No
- Fixed cranes
- No
- Mobile cranes
- No
- Floating cranes
- No
Services and supplies
- Repairs
- None
- Diesel oil
- Yes
- Potable water
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- No
- Garbage disposal
- No
- 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 Kappeln, 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
- 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
- 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.