Port guide · UN/LOCODE SE KAN
Karlshamn, Sweden
Sweden · 56.15° N, 14.87° E
The World Port Index classes Karlshamn as a river port reached from the Baltic Sea. It records a channel depth of 12.5 m and a cargo pier depth of 4.9 m. Norfolk is 6,750 km away in a straight line.
- Channel depth
- 12.5 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 4.9 m
- Max vessel length
- 240 m
- From Norfolk
- 6,750 kmGreat-circle distance
- Nearest port guide
- Solvesborg20 km away
Depths and vessel limits
Of the 51 ports in Sweden with guides here, Karlshamn records the deepest channel in the index. The index sets a maximum vessel length of 240 m and a maximum draft of 13.5 m.
- Channel depth
- 12.5 m
- Anchorage depth
- 11 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 4.9 m
- Oil terminal depth
- 11 m
- Maximum vessel length
- 240 m
- Maximum vessel beam
- 42 m
- Maximum vessel draft
- 13.5 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
Karlshamn is listed as a first port of entry. Pilotage is compulsory.
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Pilotage compulsory
- Yes
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Arrival notice (ETA message) required
- Yes
- Shelter afforded
- Good
- Entrance restricted by tide
- No
- Entrance restricted by swell
- Yes
- Entrance restricted by ice
- No
Cargo handling
Cargo facilities on record: container, ro-ro, breakbulk, solid bulk and liquid bulk. The heaviest lift class recorded is 100 tons and over.
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Solid bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 tons and over
- Yes
- Lifts of 25 to 49 tons
- Yes
- Longshore labor
- Yes
- Railway
- Medium
Services and supplies
Repair capability is rated limited.
- Repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
- Electrical repair
- No
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel oil
- Yes
- Potable water
- Yes
- Engine supplies
- Yes
- Shore electricity
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
- Garbage disposal
- Yes
- Dirty ballast disposal
- Yes
- Airport
- Yes
US trade with Sweden
- US exports, 2025
- $9.3BLed by mineral fuels and oils
- US imports, 2025
- $16.0BLed by vehicles and parts
Other ports in Sweden
The nearest is Solvesborg, 20 km away in a straight line.
- AhusCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 7.9 m, container, breakbulk and bulkSE AHU
- BergkvaraCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 4.9 m, breakbulk and bulkSE BEA
- BrofjordenCargo pier 23.2 m, channel 11 mSE BRO
- DegerhamnCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 6.5 m, bulkSE DEG
- FalkenbergCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 6.4 m, breakbulk and bulkSE FAG
- GavleCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 9.4 m, container, breakbulk and bulkSE GVX
- GoteborgCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 7.9 mSE GOT
- HallstavikCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 6.4 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE HAK
- HalmstadCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 11 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE HAD
- HargshamnCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 7.9 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE HAN
- HarnosandCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 6.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE HND
- HelsingborgCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 9.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE HEL
- HoganasCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 7.9 m, breakbulk and bulkSE HOG
- HudiksvallCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 9.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE HUV
- IggesundCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 6.4 m, ro-ro and breakbulkSE IGG
- KalmarCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 6.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE KLR
- KarlsborgCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 6.4 m, breakbulk and bulkSE KXV
- KarlskronaCargo pier 1.8 m, channel 6.4 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE KAA
- KarskarCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 6.4 m, breakbulkSE KAS
- KlintehamnCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 4.9 m, breakbulk and bulkSE KLI
- LandskronaCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 11 m, breakbulk and bulkSE LAA
- LuleaCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 11 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE LLA
- LysekilCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 7.9 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE LYS
- MalmoCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 7.9 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE MMA
- NorrkopingCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 7.9 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE NRK
- NorrsundetCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 6.4 m, breakbulk and bulkSE NOT
- NykopingCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 9.4 mSE NYO
- OrnskoldsvikCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 12.5 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE OER
- OskarshamnCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 6.4 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE OSK
- OxelosundCargo pier 11 m, channel 4.9 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE OXE
- RonnebyCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 4.9 m, breakbulk and bulkSE RNB
- SimrishamnCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 4.9 m, breakbulkSE SIM
- SkelleftehamnCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 7.9 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE SFT
- SkutskarCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 6.4 m, breakbulkSE SSR
- SliteCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 3.4 m, breakbulk and bulkSE SLI
- SoderhamnCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 4.9 m, breakbulk and bulkSE SOO
- SodertaljeCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 7.9 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE SOE
- SolvesborgCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 6.4 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE SOL
- StockholmCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 9.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE STO
- StorugnsCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 9.4 m, breakbulk and bulkSE SUS
- SundsvallCargo pier 11 m, channel 9.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE SDL
- TrelleborgCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 6.4 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE TRG
- UddevallaCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 4.9 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE UDD
- Umea HamnCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 12.5 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE UME
- VallvikCargo pier 7.9 m, channel 3.4 m, breakbulk and bulkSE VAL
- VarbergCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 11 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE VAG
- VasterasCargo pier 3.4 m, channel 4.9 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE VST
- VastervikCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 3.4 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE VVK
- VisbyCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 4.9 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE VBY
- YstadCargo pier 4.9 m, channel 6.4 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkSE YST
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.