Port of Dordrecht

Port Authority

Harbour master
56, Merwekade
3311 TH Dordrecht
Tel 078-639 78 78
Fax 078-639 78 79
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Internet www.dordrecht.nl

Maps of Dordrecht

Niek Ooijevaar
Head of Nautical Department

General information

The port of Dordrecht has an open link with the North Sea, about 25 nautical miles away via the Oude Maas and the New Waterway. The port is accessible to ocean-going vessels with draughts of up to 31 feet and cargo capacities of up to 30,000 dwt.
The main approach is via Maasmond (Hoek van Holland), the Nieuwe Waterweg and the Oude Maas, with a minimum depth of 10.00 m below Normal Amsterdam Level (NAP). Immediately above its confluence with the Nieuwe Maas, the Oude Maas is spanned by two lifting bridges: the Botiek (available width 53.8 m.) and Spijkenisse (width 80 m).
As a traditional transit point between ocean shipping and inland shipping, the port of Dordrecht is first and foremost a transhipment port. Many goods coming from overseas and destined, for example, for the Ruhr – or vice versa – are transhipped in Dordrecht. The principal activities are the handling and storage of: