Kiel - Ferry Lines

UN/LOCODE	DEKEL
Country	DE
Latitude	54.32
Longitude	10.13
Terminals	3
Routes	3

Terminals

Terminal	Harbour	Address	Transport	Foot
Norwegenkai	Hörn, southern east bank	Zur Fähre, 24143 Kiel	On foot from the city centre across the Hörnbrücke	Yes
Ostuferhafen	Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf, east bank	Grenzstraße, 24149 Kiel	Buses 11 and X60 from Hauptbahnhof to Dietrichsdorf, stop Grenzstraße	No
Schwedenkai	Kiel inner fjord, west bank	Schwedenkai 1, 24103 Kiel	Approx. 10 min on foot from Kiel Hauptbahnhof	Yes

Berths

Berth	Type	Serves	Length	Depth	Ramp
21/22	berth	Norwegenkai	unknown	9.5 m	2 ro-ro berths
24/25	berth	Schwedenkai	720 m	9 m	2 ro-ro berths
Berths 1-9	berth	Ostuferhafen	1,700 m	11.5 m	6 ro-ro berths

Traffic by year

Year	Passengers	Cruise	Cars	Freight	Goods	Calls
2025	2,771,180	unknown	16,304	187,970 trucks and trailers	7,964,384 t	unknown
2024	2,738,500	unknown	14,873	178,398 trucks and trailers	7,600,966 t	unknown
2023 approx.	1,640,000	1,187,148	unknown	unknown	7,890,000 t	unknown

Scope: whole port; ferry traffic accounts for 6,523,374 tonnes of that total. The car figure counts import and export cars as cargo, not cars driving onto ferries.

Scope: whole port; ferry traffic accounts for 6,225,030 tonnes of that total. The car figure counts import and export cars as cargo, not cars driving onto ferries.

2023: The release headlines 2.82 million total passengers, but its stated components, 1.64 million ferry plus 1,187,148 cruise, sum to about 2.83 million.

Passenger and cruise figures are counted separately by the port and must not be added together. Freight units are not comparable between ports.

Routes calling here

Route	Water	Fastest	Operators
Gothenburg – Kiel	Kattegat and Baltic Sea via the Danish straits	14h 00m	1
Kiel – Klaipėda	Baltic Sea	unknown	1
Kiel – Oslo	Baltic Sea and Skagerrak	20h 00m	1

Last checked and edited: September 2026

Sources: www.portofkiel.com, unlocode.info