# Egersund (NO EGE)

**UN/LOCODE:** NO EGE  
**Country:** Norway  
**Water Body:** North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** River (Natural)  
**GPS:** 58.4386, 5.9864

Around 337,000 tonnes of fish landed each year underpin Egersund's standing as one of Norway's principal fishing ports, on the country's south-west coast. The ice-free natural harbour offers four berths for general cargo and Ro-Ro traffic and more than 4,500 m of quay, handling far more than fish alone. Exports centre on fish meal, fish oil and oat meal, while salt, clay and soya beans arrive for local processing under operators such as Pelagia. No container line calls here, so forwarders routing TEU volumes use Stavanger/Risavika instead. Hinterland access runs by road toward Stavanger and the wider Norwegian trunk network, with only limited rail. For pelagic cargo, fish products and occasional breakbulk, Egersund is a well-established call; for boxed container freight it is not.

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