# Busum (DE BUM)

**UN/LOCODE:** DE BUM  
**Country:** Germany  
**Water Body:** North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 54.1333, 8.8667

Around 2,150 tonnes of fish a year — chiefly North Sea brown shrimp — and some 1,219 offshore technicians ferried out in 2020–21 sum up Büsum's working profile on the Schleswig-Holstein coast. This is a fishing harbour, Helgoland ferry berth and crew-transfer base for North Sea wind farms, not a general-cargo port: quayside depth of about 1.8 m and the tidal range rule out container or bulk ships. Through the Offshore-Häfen Nordsee SH cooperation it works alongside Brunsbüttel and Husum on wind-farm logistics. Seasonal passenger traffic to Helgoland and tourism round out activity along the quays. Forwarders with containers, bulk or project cargo use Brunsbüttel, Cuxhaven, Hamburg and Bremerhaven instead.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Hamburg → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/hamburg-shanghai)
- [Hamburg → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/hamburg-shenzhen)
- [Hamburg → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/hamburg-guangzhou)
- [Hamburg → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/hamburg-hong-kong)
- [Hamburg → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/hamburg-tokyo)
- [Hamburg → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/hamburg-busan)

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*Freight Academy — Seaport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/busum-port-de-bum](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/busum-port-de-bum)*

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