Port of Lubeck

🇩🇪 Germany

Baltic Sea · Multi-Purpose Port

UN/LOCODE
DELBC
Country
🇩🇪 Germany
Port Type
Multi-Purpose Port
Ocean Region
Baltic Sea
Latitude
53.8700° N
Longitude
10.6900° E

Maritime Risk Context

Lubeck in Germany operates in a semi-enclosed shallow basin with seasonal ice and the strictest environmental regime in commercial shipping. December–April ice coverage requires vessels to meet Finnish-Swedish Ice Class for independent navigation or rely on icebreaker escort, and ice-edge position varies enough between years that conventional deterministic routing models fail. Since 2022, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has transformed the security architecture: NATO maritime presence has increased substantially, and sanctions against Russian energy exports have disrupted traditional traffic patterns. The Baltic is also a designated Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) and Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA), requiring low-sulphur fuel or exhaust gas cleaning systems.

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Vessel Mix

Limited port-call data — fewer than 10 distinct vessels observed at Lubeck in the last 180 days. ArcNautical does not publish a vessel-type breakdown for low-traffic ports to avoid statistically misleading percentages.

Port State Control Context

Lubeck falls under the Paris MoU. The Paris Memorandum of Understanding does not publish a bulk per-vessel detention CSV. ArcNautical evaluates per-vessel detention probability using flag-state performance (3-year rolling rate from the 2024 Paris MoU annual report), vessel age, deficiency history, and ownership transparency. Paris MoU PSC inspections remain among the most rigorous globally.

Recent Arrivals at Lubeck

Last 10 vessel arrivals recorded by ArcNautical's AIS pipeline (last 90 days):

ArrivedVesselFlagType
2026-06-06 WILMA SIKORSKI 🇩🇪 DE Search & Rescue
2026-06-03 RS SENTINEL 🇲🇹 MT Other
2026-06-02 RS SENTINEL 🇲🇹 MT Other
2026-06-01 RS SENTINEL 🇲🇹 MT Other
2026-05-30 RS SENTINEL 🇲🇹 MT Other
2026-05-29 RS SENTINEL 🇲🇹 MT Other
2026-05-29 BORE SONG 🇳🇱 NL Cargo
2026-05-28 FINNSEA 🇫🇮 FI Cargo
2026-05-28 RS SENTINEL 🇲🇹 MT Other
2026-05-24 WILMA SIKORSKI 🇩🇪 DE Search & Rescue

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