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Port of Lubeck

Germany

UN/LOCODEDELBCWhat is a UN/LOCODE?53.8689° N, 10.6755° ELocal timeEurope/Berlin, UTC+2

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Lubeck: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 5, 2026, 01:40 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

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In port now
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Arrivals, last 24 h
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Departures, last 24 h
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Ships nearby, last 6 h
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Expected arrivals AIS-detected

Ships whose AIS destination names Lubeck, with the arrival time their crew entered. Reported in the last 24 hours, due within 7 days. Crews type these by hand: a destination can be out of date and an ETA can slip.

2 ships shown, earliest first.

VesselETA (UTC)Destination as broadcastMatched by
Finland EEVA VGCargoOct 5, 2026, 03:00 UTCDELBCUN/LOCODE
Netherlands TIMCACargo (hazardous cat. A)Oct 6, 2026, 06:00 UTCDELBCUN/LOCODE

Source: AIS voyage reports via AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS. Times are the crew's ETA, not a Voydar estimate. As of Oct 5, 2026, 01:40 UTC.

Vessels near Lubeck

Ships Voydar received on AIS near the port in the last 6 hours, most recent first. Being near a port is not a port call; the board above lists calls.

Vessels near Lubeck
VesselLast seen
FinlandEEVA VGCargo

Water level

Latest readings at gauges within 20 km of Lubeck, as published by each water authority, with the last 48 hours. Times in UTC.

GaugeLevelChange (3 h)Last 48 hReading (UTC)
Lübeck-BauhofTrave · relative to gauge zero · 3.2 km away517 cmNormal range-10 cm
Büssau UpElbe-lübeck-kanal · relative to gauge zero · 6.6 km away517 cmNormal range-11 cm
TravemündeTrave · relative to gauge zero · 16.3 km away517 cmNormal range-10 cm

Source: PEGELONLINE water levels (German federal waterways). Water levels: WSV, PEGELONLINE (dl-de/zero-2-0). Unchecked raw data. Licence: DL-DE Zero 2.0.

Gauges are matched to this port by distance (within 20 km of the port position), a link derived by Voydar, not stated by the authority. Levels are relative to each gauge's own reference level: they are not water depths. Not for navigation.

Forecast

Model forecast for Lubeck over the next 72 hours, every 6 hours: wind, gusts, waves and visibility. Times in UTC.

Time (UTC)Wind (kn)FromGusts (kn)Waves (m)Period (s)Visibility (km)
5218°90.2224
7231°120.3224
11236°200.4324
6235°110.3324
9244°150.5324
8237°140.4324
7238°140.3220
2239°40.2224
2176°40.1224
4181°70.1224
6171°120.1224

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 4, 2026, 18:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 26 km away.

Source: ECMWF open data (IFS 0.25° forecasts, ECMWF WAM waves). This service is based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Source: www.ecmwf.int. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Licence: CC-BY-4.0 + ECMWF Terms of Use.

Source: NOAA GFS 0.25° and GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III) forecasts. Forecast: NOAA NCEP GFS / GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III). Licence: US Government work (public domain); NOAA Open Data Dissemination.

A model forecast, not an observation. Not for navigation.

Lubeck: global benchmarks

How Lubeck compares with the world's ports, from published statistics. These are the publishers' figures, not Voydar's own measurements.

Port liner shipping connectivity, 2 2026
30
UNCTAD index (100 = the average port in Q1 2023). Down 1% on a year earlier.
Source: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Data Hub, port liner shipping connectivity index (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved Sep 24, 2026.

Lubeck: official port statistics

Figures published by national statistics offices and port authorities, shown as they publish them. They count what the publisher counts, which can differ from AIS-detected calls.

Ships arrived, 2025
3,937
About the same as the year before
Gross tonnage of arrivals, 2025
131.7 million GT
About the same as the year before
Cargo handled, 2025
15.8 million tonnes
About the same as the year before
Sea passengers (in and out), 2025
503,000
About the same as the year before
Cruise passengers (in and out), 2025
2,000
33% less than the year before

Source: Eurostat (mar_go_qmc, mar_go_aa, mar_go_qm_c*, mar_pa_aa, mar_tf_qm), accessed 2026-10-01. Modified: port codes mapped to UN/LOCODE, values converted from thousands. Retrieved Oct 1, 2026.

Recent arrivals & departures AIS-detected

VesselArrivedDeparted
Cyprus BALTICMARCargo

Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby

3 incidents within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Aug 10, 2000. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

  • OtherMar 23, 2022Tanker83 km away

    GERMANY: On 23 March, a group of 20 protesters onboard rubber boats, and swimming in the water with lifejackets, swarmed the Malta-flagged tanker ST AMOS while underway transiting from Ust-Luga, Russia, to Rotterdam, Netherlands, near position 54-33N 011-12E. According to press reports, these environmental activists were protesting against oil imports from Russia. The group painted the hull of the ST AMOS with "oil fuel wars" in large letters, demanding the suspension of oil transport from the B

  • OtherFeb 15, 202098 km away

    Tuesday, April 14, 2020 8:03 AM On 15 February, authorities found 310 kilograms of cocaine on the reefer DUNCAN ISLAND while the ship was transferring the drugs to several small boats near Langeland, Denmark. The ship was en route St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • OtherAug 10, 2000Vessel98 km away

    GERMANY: Extra police protection was provided to the 50,764-ton Bahamas flag cruise ship (NORWEGIAN DREAM) during its 10 Aug call at Rostock, Germany. A clash had occurred between the ship's multi-racial crew and right-wing extremists in Warnemunde in July. Although this is the first public report of anti-foreign violence against cruise ship crews, industry and government sources report that ethnic minorities from other ships including naval and coast guard units have been victimized in Baltic p

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