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Overview
Rostock, officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock, is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, close to the border with Pomerania. With around 210,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city on the German Baltic coast after Kiel and Lübeck, the eighth-largest city in the area of former East Germany, as well as the 39th-largest city of Germany. Rostock was the largest coastal and most important port city in East Germany.
Location
54.1000°N, 12.1333°E
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Arrivals, time in port and cargo operations detected from AIS — the position-inferred congestion signal, with the full dwell distribution rather than a single average.
Vessels underway broadcasting a destination that resolves to this port, closest first. Distance is the real sea route (around land and through canals). Off port is steaming time at the vessel’s passage speed; alongside adds the wait this port has actually kept comparable ships for. Berth waits vary far more than they average, so read the queue as typical, not promised. The crew’s own reported ETA is shown alongside for comparison.
| Vessel | Type | Distance | Speed | Off port | Alongside | Crew ETA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCH BRAMBERG | Bulk Carrier | 19 nm | 12.2 kn | 27 Aug | 28 Aug+7h | 27 Aug |
| RMS RATINGEN | General Cargo | 42 nm | 5.8 kn | 28 Aug | 29 Aug+27h | 28 Aug |
| JUTLAND | General Cargo | 78 nm | 7.7 kn | 28 Aug | 29 Aug+32h | 28 Aug |
| LOTTALAND | General Cargo | 137 nm | 7.6 kn | 28 Aug | 29 Aug+30h | 28 Aug |
| SEINE HIGHWAY | Vehicles Carrier | 197 nm | 12.6 kn | 28 Aug | 29 Aug+32h | 28 Aug |
| ERNST OLDENDORFF | General Cargo | 309 nm | 12.4 kn | 28 Aug | 30 Aug+40h | 28 Aug |
| WILSON FLEX V | General Cargo | 643 nm | 11.1 kn | 30 Aug | 31 Aug+34h | 28 Aug |
| UHL FLAIR | Heavy Lift Vessel | ~4128 nm | 14.6 kn | — | — | — |
Risk & quality
A coverage-weighted blend of recorded Port-State-Control detentions, marine casualties and live congestion at Rostock. Higher means more risk exposure for a ship calling here — it is a count of recorded events, not a judgement of the port's management.
Built from 33% of the three signals (scored on a single signal — treat as indicative).
Method. Each signal is normalised to 0–10 against an empirical cap, then blended weighting safety (detentions 0.40, casualties 0.35) above operational congestion (0.25). A port is scored only on the signals it has data for, and the weights renormalise — a missing signal is never credited as a safe 0.
Coverage. PSC and casualty data here is regional (US, UK, Canada), so most ports show only congestion and carry a low-confidence flag. Detention/casualty counts come from a country-scoped name match (≈60% of US detentions resolve); unmatched records are dropped, not force-fit.
Detention and casualty signals are screened against open port-state-control and marine-casualty records, combined with our own AIS-derived congestion. Updated Aug 27, 2026.
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