Haparanda (Local Harbour) (SEHAA)

The port is currently closed to commercial shipping. Information is retained should the port reopen.

Summer Zone for ships over 100m in length and Winter Zone for ships of 100m or less in length. Winter Nov 1 to Mar 31, Summer Apr 1 to Oct 31.

Haparanda is located on Seskaro Island at the extreme N of the Gulf of Bothnia.

Anchorage may be obtained in a depth of 7.0m, mud, 0.25nm NE of Hanhinkari, an island 4.5nm SSW of Haparanda. The anchorage NE of Hanhinkari may be approached either from W by the inshore channel authorised for a draught of 3.6m or from SE by a channel suitable for the same draught which leads from the approach channel to the Finnish harbour of Roytta. Directions from W: From a position 0.5nm N of Seskarklubb Beacon (white diamond on pole, white horizontal boards, red bands, 16m in height) (stands on the N rock of Seskarklubbarna, a group of high rocks 1.25nm farther NNE) steer 187° for the middle of Tornefuro (65°44.5'N 024°03.5'E) a wooded island lying 0.5nm S of Hanhinkari, passing between Vastgrund (65°44.5'N 023°51.8'E) depth 5.3m and Nygrund, a 5.5m patch marked by a buoy (starboard hand) lying 0.2nm SSW. Keep S of Midtgrund, depth 5.4m and Ostgrund, depth 4.7m lying 1.75nm and 2.5nm E of Vastgrund and 0.2nm S of Finngrund, depth 2.2m marked by a buoy (port hand), 0.75nm farther E. Then pass between the buoys (spar) marking the channel to the anchorage NE of Hanhinkari. Anchorage may be obtained in depths of 9.0-12.0m, mud, S of Finngrund.

Approach: From the anchorage NE of Hanhinkari, a channel 4.5nm in length, marked by 7 pairs of leading lights and authorised for a draught of 1.5m, leads to the harbour at Haparanda.

BA 2302. Admiralty Pilot NP20.

A swing bridge, carrying the railway, spans the river close S of the harbour. There is a vertical clearance of 5.0m at HW and 8.0m at LW.