Ports of the Baltic Sea explained

The table below lists the most recent statistics for over 100 ports of the Baltic Sea, including Kattegat strait, which handle notable freight or passenger traffic.

Container traffic is given in terms of Twenty-foot equivalent units of cargo. For ferries, transport vehicles like heavy trucks are included using their full weight, while passenger cars are not counted as cargo. Containers on trucks on ferries are not counted in containers column here.

Ports of the Baltic Sea by annual cargo tonnage

Port	Country	City/Cities	Tons	Containers TEU	Passengers
Number	Year	Number	Year	Number	Year
style=text-align:left	Port of Ust-Luga	style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Ust-Luga		style=text-align:left	2023[1]	colspan=4
style=text-align:left	Port of Gdańsk	style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Gdańsk		style=text-align:left	2023[2]		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023
style=text-align:left	Port of Primorsk	style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Primorsk		style=text-align:left	2023	colspan=4
Port of Saint Petersburg		Saint Petersburg		style=text-align:left	2023	colspan=4
Port of Szczecin-Świnoujście	Poland	Szczecin, Świnoujście		style=text-align:left	2023[3]		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2022[4]
style=text-align:left	Port of Klaipėda	style=text-align:left	Lithuania	style=text-align:left	Klaipėda		style=text-align:left	2023[5]		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023
style=text-align:left	Port of Rostock	style=text-align:left	Germany	style=text-align:left	Rostock		style=text-align:left	2023[6]		style=text-align:left	2023[7]		style=text-align:left	2023
style=text-align:left	Port of Gdynia	style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Gdynia		style=text-align:left	2023[8]		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023[9]
style=text-align:left	Port of Porvoo	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Porvoo		2023	colspan=4
Port of Riga	Latvia	Riga		2023[10]		2023		2023
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Germany	style=text-align:left	Lübeck		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2022[11]
style=text-align:left	Port of Vysotsk	style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Vysotsk		2023	colspan=4
Port of Hamina-Kotka	Finland	Hamina, Kotka		2023		2023		2023
Port of Tallinn	Estonia	Tallinn		2023[12]		2023		2023
Port of Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki		2023		2023		2023
style=text-align:left	Port of Trelleborg	style=text-align:left	Sweden	style=text-align:left	Trelleborg		style=text-align:left	2023[13]		style=text-align:left	2023
Port of Ventspils	Latvia	Ventspils		2023[14]		2022[15]		2022[16]
Port of Aarhus	Denmark	Aarhus		2023[17]		2023
Port of Rødbyhavn	Denmark	Rødbyhavn		2023		2023
Port of Kalundborg	Denmark	Kalundborg		2023		2023
Port of Kiel	Germany	Kiel		style=text-align:left	2023[18]		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023
style=text-align:left	Port of Luleå	style=text-align:left	Sweden	style=text-align:left	Luleå		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023
style=text-align:left	Port of Copenhagen	style=text-align:left	Denmark	style=text-align:left	Copenhagen		2023		2023
style=text-align:left	Port of Liepāja	style=text-align:left	Latvia	style=text-align:left	Liepāja		style=text-align:left	2023[19]		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Sweden	style=text-align:left	Stockholm		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Denmark	style=text-align:left	Fredericia		style=text-align:left	2023	colspan=4
style=text-align:left	Port of Malmö	style=text-align:left	Sweden	style=text-align:left	Malmö		style=text-align:left	2022[20]		style=text-align:left	2022		style=text-align:left	2022
style=text-align:left	Port of Puttgarden	style=text-align:left	Germany	style=text-align:left	Puttgarden		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2022[21]
style=text-align:left	Port of Raahe	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Raahe		2023[22]		2023	colspan=2
Port of Helsingør	Denmark	Helsingør		2023		2023
Port of Karlshamn	Sweden	Karlshamn		2023		2023		2023
style=text-align:left	Port of Rauma	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Rauma		style=text-align:left	2023[23]		style=text-align:left	2023	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	Port of Sillamäe	style=text-align:left	Estonia	style=text-align:left	Sillamäe		style=text-align:left	2023[24]	colspan=4
	Sweden	Gävle		2023		2023	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	Port of Hanko	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Hanko		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023
	Sweden	Oxelösund		2023		2023	colspan=2
Port of Aalborg	Denmark	Aalborg		2023	colspan=4
Port of Skælskør	Denmark	Skælskør		2023		2023
	Sweden	Norrköping		2023		2023	colspan=2
Port of Kokkola	Finland	Kokkola		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023	colspan=2
Port of Tornio	Finland	Tornio		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023	colspan=2
Port of Ystad	Sweden	Ystad		2023		2023
Port of Naantali	Finland	Naantali		2023		2023
	Germany	Wismar		2023	colspan=4
style=text-align:left	Port of Pori	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Pori		2023		2023	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	Port of Ingå	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Ingå		2023	colspan=4
Port of Odense	Denmark	Odense		2023	colspan=4
Port of Aabenraa	Denmark	Aabenraa		2023	colspan=4
Port of Frederikshavn	Denmark	Frederikshavn		2023		2023
Port of Gedser	Denmark	Gedser		2023		2023
Port of Køge	Denmark	Køge		2023		2023
Port of Holmsund	Sweden	Holmsund		2022		2022		2022
Port of Karlskrona	Sweden	Karlskrona		2023	colspan=4
Port of Västerås	Sweden	Västerås		2023		2023	colspan=2
	Sweden	Skellefteå		2023		2023	colspan=2
Port of Piteå	Sweden	Piteå		2023		2023	colspan=2
Port of Paldiski	Estonia	Paldiski		2021[25]	colspan=4
Port of Pärnu	Estonia	Pärnu		2023	colspan=4
Port of Uusikaupunki	Finland	Uusikaupunki		2023		2023	colspan=2
Port of Husum	Sweden	Husum		2023	colspan=4
Port of Randers	Denmark	Randers		2023	colspan=4
	Estonia	Kunda		2023	colspan=4
Port of Kalundborg	Denmark	Kalundborg		2023	colspan=4
Port of Turku	Finland	Turku		2023		2023		2023
	Sweden	Sundsvall		2023		2023		2023
Port of Grenaa	Denmark	Grenaa		2023		2023
Port of Aabenraa	Denmark	Aabenraa		2023	colspan=4
Port of Police	Poland	Police		2022		2021		2022
Port of Rønne	Denmark	Rønne		2023		2023
style=text-align:left	Port of Oulu	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Oulu		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023	colspan=2
Port of Sassnitz	Germany	Sassnitz		2023		2023
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Vyborg		style=text-align:left	2021[26]	colspan=4
Port of Oskarshamn	Sweden	Oskarshamn		2023		2023		2023
Port of Kaliningrad		Kaliningrad		2022[27]	colspan=4
Port of Jakobstad	Finland	Jakobstad		2023		2023	colspan=2
Port of Mönsterås	Sweden	Mönsterås		2022	colspan=4
	Sweden	Kalmar		2023		2023
Port of Köping	Sweden	Köping		2023	colspan=4
	Germany	Stralsund		2023	colspan=4
	Germany	Lubmin		2023	colspan=4
Port of Vaasa	Finland	Vaasa		2023		2023
Port of Storugns	Sweden			2023	colspan=4
Port of Hargshamn	Sweden	Hargshamn		2022	colspan=4
style=text-align:left	Port of Kemi	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Kemi		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Sweden	style=text-align:left	Visby		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023
Port of Kaskinen	Finland	Kaskinen		2023	colspan=4
	Germany	Rendsburg		2023	colspan=4
Port of Förby	Finland	Förby		2023	colspan=4
style=text-align:left	Port of Rahja	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Rahja		style=text-align:left	2023	colspan=4
Port of Kołobrzeg	Poland	Kołobrzeg		2023[28]		2022[29]
Port of Pargas	Finland	Pargas		2023	colspan=4
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Germany	style=text-align:left	Flensburg		style=text-align:left	2023		style=text-align:left	2023	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	Port of Eurajoki	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Eurajoki		2023	colspan=4
style=text-align:left	Port of Kantvik	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Kantvik		2023	colspan=4
style=text-align:left	Port of Wolgast	style=text-align:left	Germany	style=text-align:left	Wolgast		2023	colspan=4
style=text-align:left	Port of Tolkkinen	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Tolkkinen		2023	colspan=4
Port of Darłowo	Poland	Darłowo		2023[30]		2019[31]
	Sweden	Åhus		2023		2023	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	Port of Pohjankuru	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Pohjankuru		2023	colspan=4
style=text-align:left	Port of Färjsund	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Färjsund		2023	colspan=4
style=text-align:left	Port of Kristinestad	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Kristinestad		2023	colspan=4
Port of Eckerö	Finland	Eckerö		2023		2023
style=text-align:left	Port of Mariehamn	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Mariehamn		2023		2023
	Poland	Stepnica		2022		2019
style=text-align:left	Port of Elbląg	style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Elbląg		style=text-align:left	2023[32]		style=text-align:left	2023
Port of Dalsbruk	Finland	Dalsbruk		2023	colspan=4
	Poland	Hel		2023[33]		2022
style=text-align:left	Port of Kimitoön	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Kimitoön		2023	colspan=4
style=text-align:left	Port of Władysławowo	style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Władysławowo		style=text-align:left	2018[34]		style=text-align:left	2018
style=text-align:left	Port of Sipoo	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Sipoo		2023	colspan=4
style=text-align:left	Port of Simpevarp	style=text-align:left	Sweden	style=text-align:left			style=text-align:left	2022		style=text-align:left	2022	colspan=2
style=text-align:left	Port of Nexø	style=text-align:left	Denmark	style=text-align:left	Nexø		style=text-align:left	2023	colspan=4
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Ustka		style=text-align:left	2022		style=text-align:left	2021[35]
Port of Långnäs	Finland	Lumparland		2023		2023
style=text-align:left	Port of Skogby	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Skogby		style=text-align:left	2022	colspan=4
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Trzebież		style=text-align:left	2019[36]		style=text-align:left	2022
style=text-align:left	Port of Korpo	style=text-align:left	Finland	style=text-align:left	Pargas		style=text-align:left	2022	colspan=4
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Lubin		2019[37]	colspan=4
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Łeba		style=text-align:left	2022[38]		style=text-align:left	2022
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Dźwirzyno		2020[39]	colspan=4
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Rowy		style=text-align:left	2022[40]		style=text-align:left	2022
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Wolin		style=text-align:left	2019[41]		style=text-align:left	2019
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Jastarnia		style=text-align:left	2017[42]	colspan=4
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Nowa Pasłęka		style=text-align:left	2017	colspan=4
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Dziwnów		style=text-align:left	2020	colspan=4
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Mrzeżyno		style=text-align:left	2020	colspan=4
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Sopot		style=text-align:left	2022
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Sweden	style=text-align:left	Västervik		style=text-align:left	2022
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Frombork		style=text-align:left	2022
	Poland	Międzyzdroje		style=text-align:left	2022
	Poland	Krynica Morska		style=text-align:left	2022
style=text-align:left	Port of Härnösand	style=text-align:left	Sweden	style=text-align:left	Härnösand		style=text-align:left	2023
style=text-align:left	Port of Örnsköldsvik	style=text-align:left	Sweden	style=text-align:left	Örnsköldsvik		style=text-align:left	2023
style=text-align:left		style=text-align:left	Poland	style=text-align:left	Nowe Warpno		style=text-align:left	2021

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17. Web site: StatBank Denmark . 2024-08-10 . www.statbank.dk.
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26. Web site: 2022-01-25 . Klaipėdos uostas išlaiko tvirtas pozicijas . The port of Klaipėda maintains a strong position . Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications . lt.
27. Web site: 2023-06-22 . Throughput of Kaliningrad Commercial Sea Port fell by 90% in 2022 . PortNews.
28. Web site: 2024-01-19 . Dobry rok przeładunków w Porcie Kołobrzeg . A good year for transshipments in the Port of Kolobrzeg . Zarząd Portu Morskiego Kołobrzeg . pl.
29. Web site: Goniszewski . Maciej . 2023-03-24 . Bez wyraźnej tendencji . No clear trend . Namiary na Morze i Handel . pl.
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31. 2020-02-03 . Plan Rozwoju Portu Morskiego Darłowo na lata 2020 - 2025 . Darłowo Seaport Development Plan for years 2020 - 2025 . Zarząd Portu Morskiego Darłowo . pl . 31.
32. Web site: Przeładunki . Transshipments . 2024-05-30 . Zarząd Portu Morskiego Elbląg . pl.
33. Web site: 2024-02-09 . Port Kołobrzeg podsumował wyładunki ryb . Port of Kolobrzeg summarises fish landings . GospodarkaMorska.pl . pl.
34. Radtke . Grażyna . Wawrzonkoski . Witold . 2019-07-31 . Koncepcja Rozwoju Portu Władysławowo . Port of Władysławowo Development Concept . Szkuner sp. z .o.o. . pl . 9, 10.
35. Web site: 2022-12-28 . Statistical Yearbook of Maritime Economy 2022 . Statistics Poland . 300 . PDF.
36. Web site: Plan Rozwoju Portu Morskiego w Trzebieży . Trzebież Seaport Development Plan . 2024-01-06 . Urząd Morski w Szczecinie . 16, 18.
37. Web site: Plan Rozwoju Portu Morskiego w Lubinie . Lubin Seaport Development Plan . 2024-01-06 . Urząd Morski w Szczecinie . 11.
38. Web site: Plan rozwoju Portu Morskiego Łeba . Łeba Seaport Development Plan . 2024-01-26 . Urząd Morski w Gdyni . 16, 18.
39. Web site: Plan Rozwoju Portu Morskiego w Dźwirzynie . Dźwirzyno Seaport Development Plan . 2024-01-06 . Urząd Morski w Szczecinie . 12.
40. Web site: Plan rozwoju Portu Morskiego Rowy . Rowy Seaport Development Plan . 2024-01-26 . Urząd Morski w Gdyni . 11, 12.
41. Web site: Plan Rozwoju Portu Morskiego w Wolinie . Wolin Seaport Development Plan . 2024-01-06 . Urząd Morski w Szczecinie . 13, 15.
42. Web site: Jasiurska-Kluczek . Ewa . 2018-10-26 . Informacja o wynikach kontroli: Rozwój średnich i małych portów morskich . Information on the results of the audit: Development of medium and small seaports . Najwyższa Izba Kontroli . 6 . PDF.