Port guide · UN/LOCODE RO BRA
Braila, Romania
Romania · 45.25° N, 27.98° E
The World Port Index classes Braila as a river port reached from the Black Sea. It records a channel depth of 11 m and a cargo pier depth of 6.4 m. Norfolk is 8,150 km away in a straight line.
- Channel depth
- 11 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 6.4 m
- Max vessel length
- 140.9 m
- From Norfolk
- 8,150 kmGreat-circle distance
- Nearest port guide
- Galati20 km away
Depths and vessel limits
The index sets a maximum vessel length of 140.9 m.
- Channel depth
- 11 m
- Anchorage depth
- 6.4 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 6.4 m
- Maximum vessel length
- 140.9 m
- Maximum vessel beam
- 20 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 is compulsory.
- Pilotage compulsory
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Arrival notice (ETA message) required
- Yes
- Vessel traffic service
- No
- Shelter afforded
- Good
- Entrance restricted by tide
- No
- Entrance restricted by swell
- No
- Entrance restricted by ice
- Yes
Cargo handling
Cargo facilities on record: container, ro-ro, breakbulk, solid bulk and liquid bulk. The heaviest lift class recorded is up to 24 tons.
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Solid bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- LNG terminal
- No
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 tons and over
- No
- Lifts of 50 to 100 tons
- No
- Lifts of 25 to 49 tons
- No
- Lifts up to 24 tons
- 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
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck supplies
- Yes
- Engine supplies
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
- Garbage disposal
- Yes
- Dirty ballast disposal
- No
US trade with Romania
- US exports, 2025
- $1.4BLed by electrical machinery and equipment
- US imports, 2025
- $3.9BLed by electrical machinery and equipment
Other ports in Romania
The nearest is Galati, 20 km away in a straight line.
- ConstantaCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 20.1 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkRO CND
- GalatiCargo pier 7.5 m, channel 8.5 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkRO GAL
- MangaliaCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 6.4 mRO MAG
- SulinaCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 9.4 mRO SUL
- TulceaCargo pier 7 m, breakbulk and bulkRO TCE
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.