Ports & Harbours of the Baltic Sea

The Port of Rauma is a cargo port located in the city of Rauma, Finland on the shore of the southern part of Gulf of Bothnia.

In 2018, the port handled c. 5.8 million tons of international cargo, of which 72% was exports. The main export products were paper and cardboard, pulp and sawn timber, together accounting for approximately 80% of the total tonnage.

Adapted from Wikipedia: Port of Rauma (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The Port of Hanko is a cargo port in the city of Hanko, on the south coast of Finland. Situated almost at the tip of the Hanko Peninsula, it is the southernmost of all Finnish ports.

Adapted from Wikipedia: Port of Hanko (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The Port of Raahe is a cargo port located in the city of Raahe on the west coast of Finland, on the eastern shore of the Bothnian Bay.

In 2018, the port handled c. 5.2 million tons of international cargo, of which over 80% was imports. This makes Raahe the fourth-busiest import port in Finland, by tonnage.

Adapted from Wikipedia: Port of Raahe (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The Port of Tornio (Finnish: Tornion satama, Swedish: Torneå hamn), also known as the Port of Röyttä, is a cargo port located in the city of Tornio, Finland, at the end of the Bothnian Bay and close to Finland's border with Sweden. It is near the Port of Kemi, with which it shares part of the shipping lane.

The port is operated by Outokumpu Shipping, and its main user is the adjacent Outokumpu steelworks.

The annual international cargo throughput of the Port of Tornio was c. 3.0 million tons in 2018, fairly evenly split between exports and imports, making it the tenth biggest port in Finland by tonnage.

The port has a maximum depth of 9.0 metres (29.5 ft).

Adapted from Wikipedia: Port of Tornio (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The Port of Uusikaupunki (also known as Port of Hepokari) is a mixed-use cargo port located in the city of Uusikaupunki, in southwestern Finland, on the eastern shore of the Bothnian Sea.

The port services mostly RoRo traffic, but is also equipped to handle conventional and liquid cargo.

In 2018, the total international cargo throughput of the port was c. 2.5m tons. Approximately 60% of this was exports, making Uusikaupunki the 10th largest export port in Finland. It is the main Finnish export port for cars, thanks to the Valmet Automotive plant located in Uusikaupunki.

The shipping lane into the harbour had previously maximum depth of 10 metres (33 ft), but in 2015 this was deepened to 12.5 metres (41 ft).

Adapted from Wikipedia: Port of Uusikaupunki (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The Port of Police (Polish pronunciation: [pɔˈlit͡sɛ]; in Polish generally Port Police) is a Polish seaport and deep water harbour in Police, Poland located on the west bank of the Oder River, off the Szczecin Lagoon.

It is the fourth-busiest port in the country.

In 2022, the cargo traffic in the seaport equaled 1,212,000 tons, comprising 1% of all cargo traffic in Polish seaports and the port was entered by 227 ships with gross tonnage of more than 100.

In January 2019 Port of Police and PKP have signed an agreement to create a direct railway link with the port to improve the delivery of the cargo. A direct track with accompanying infrastructure will be constructed from Police railway station to the seaport itself.

The Port of Police has access to the Baltic Sea through the Szczecin Lagoon, Świna strait.

Adapted from Wikipedia: Port of Police (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The Port of Świnoujście (in Polish generally Port Świnoujście) is a Polish seaport in Świnoujście, Poland on the Baltic Sea located at the Świna strait, on Wolin and Usedom islands. The port has a passenger terminal.

In 2022, cargo traffic in the seaport equaled 19,997,900 tons, comprising 16,8% of all cargo traffic in Polish seaports and the port was entered by 6265 ships with gross tonnage of more than 100.

The Ports of Świnoujście and Szczecin are managed by a single authority, creating Port of Szczecin-Świnoujście, the 6th largest port complex of the Baltic Sea.

Adapted from Wikipedia: Port of Świnoujście (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The Port of Kołobrzeg [kɔˈwɔbʐɛk] (in Polish generally Port Kołobrzeg) is a Polish seaport in Kołobrzeg, Poland at the Baltic Sea located at the Parsęta river. Port has a yacht harbour, fishing harbour, ferry harbour.

A lighthouse stands on "Fort Ujście"; it was built after the World War II. The old lighthouse was standing ~20 meters closer to sea. When Germans were evacuating from Kołobrzeg, they destroyed the old lighthouse because it was a strategic point for allies.

In 2023, cargo traffic in the seaport equaled 277,800 tons.

In 2022, the port recorded 290,000 passengers.

Adapted from Wikipedia: Port of Kołobrzeg (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Salacgrīva Port (Latvian: Salacgrīva osta) is the port authority of Salacgrīva, Latvia. The port is located at the mouth of Salaca River.

Adapted from Wikipedia: Salacgrīva Port (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Port of Pori (Finnish: Porin satama) is a complex of three harbours. It is by the Gulf of Bothnia in Pori, Finland. The port authority of Pori was established in 1780. Today the Port of Pori is a corporation owned by the city.

Port of Pori has liner service to several ports in Northern Europe, for example Hamburg, Ghent, St. Petersburg and Teesport.

Adapted from Wikipedia: Port of Pori (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The Port of Naantali (Finnish: Naantalin satama, Swedish: Nådendal hamn) is a port located in the south-west of Finland, city of Naantali, where the mainland meets the beginning of the Turku archipelago. The port is the second largest in Finland in terms of passenger and cargo volume. The Port of Naantali's main volumes deriving from the liquid and dry bulk materials and ferry goods.

The port consists of three parts: Main Harbour (Finnish: Kantasatama), Luonnonmaa Harbour (which is located next to the Turku Repair Yard) and the Oil Harbour for Neste's Naantali refinery; all of which are managed by the Port of Naantali. At present, the port has both freight and passenger traffic and the connection from Naantali to Kapellskär in Sweden is operated by Finnlines.

The main entrance channel Naantalin väylä is 120 kilometres long and starts southern of Utö. Since 2009 it is cleared for vessels with drafts up to 15.3 m (50 ft), after it got extended from 13 metres which had been in effect since 1986.

Adapted from Wikipedia: Port of Naantali (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Primorsk Port (also Primorsk Commercial Sea Port) is the largest Russian oil-loading port in the Baltic Sea and the end point of the Baltic Pipeline System. The port is located on the Björkösund mainland of the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea, 5km south-east from the town of Primorsk.

Adapted from Wikipedia: Port of Primorsk (CC BY-SA 4.0).