Traffic statistics · NOSLN · mid-April to mid-October
Port in numbers
Every call the port has confirmed, counted the same way each time. This is the port's own record, and the figure to quote when sources disagree.
Last updated 2026-09-13
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Guest figures are the port's own record: counted at the gangway for calls that have sailed, booked figures for calls still ahead. Cancelled calls are excluded.
Completed and current seasons
Calls and guests by season
The record begins with 2024. Its high point is 2025: 44 calls, 100,969 guests. 2026 stands below that, at 42 calls and 97,073.
Two things account for the gap. 5 calls carrying 14,306 guests were cancelled, and the cap on lower berths holds any single day in port to 5,500 guests, whatever the order book says. Growth sits in the season ahead: 67 calls already stand confirmed for 2027.
| Season | Calls | Guests | Average per call | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22 | 44,347 | 2,016 | Completed season |
| 2025 | 44 | 100,969 | 2,295 | Completed season |
| 2026 | 42 | 97,073 | 2,311 | In progress — 42 confirmed, 36 completed by 31 August 2026 |
The 2026 season in detail
| Status | Calls | Guests |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled — confirmed by the port and the line | 42 | — |
| of which completed by 31 August 2026 | 36 | 79,663 |
| Cancelled — not counted in the season total | 5 | 14,306 |
| 2026 season total | 42 | 97,073 |
21 distinct vessels from 13 cruise lines are represented in the 2026 season. Of the 42 calls, 4 lie at anchor rather than alongside; the anchorage and tender arrangements are described on the technical page.
Next season
67 calls confirmed for 2027
67 calls carrying 172,893 guests stand confirmed for 2027, as recorded on 31 August 2026 — against 44 calls in the best completed season. These are bookings signed with the lines, not projections.
Bookings are confirmed as far ahead as 2033. Beyond next season, the port does not publish volumes. Availability for any season is answered from the same record — see booking a call.
Vessel range
From 228 guests to 5,200
One berth takes both ends of the market: a port that handles an expedition vessel and a 5,200-guest ship in the same season is not a tender port with a niche.
| Vessel | Guests | LOA | Call | What it marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scenic Eclipse | 228 | — | — | Smallest vessel in the record |
| Independence of the Seas | 4,542 | 339 m | 20 August 2025 | Largest handled to date, by guest capacity |
| Arvia | 5,200 | — | 9 September 2026 | Largest booked, by guest capacity |
| Queen Mary 2 | — | 345 m | 18 May 2026 and 8 August 2026 | Longest vessel in the 2026 programme — two calls |
The published limits are 400 m LOA and 12 m draft, with no beam restriction. Berth lengths, depths and the anchorage are set out on the technical page.
If you have seen other figures
Why third-party listings show a smaller port
Port databases and itinerary aggregators still repeat a 2019 season — twelve calls and a little over 24,000 guests. Against 2026's 42 calls and 97,073 guests that understates the port by a factor of three to four. Several of the same listings show only a handful of 2026 calls, because they index one month at a time.
The port has not verified that 2019 pair against its own archive and does not publish it as its own figure; the record here begins with 2024. Anyone holding an older number is welcome to check it against post@skjoldenport.com, and database operators are welcome to take the figures above as the port's own.
The 2019 season brought 9 ships, by the port's own ledger — per-call records begin in 2024. The full ship ledger back to 2006 is published on the calls page.
Citing these figures
Reuse is expected, and free
Cite as: Port of Skjolden, “Port in numbers”, 13 September 2026, www.skjoldenport.com/numbers. Corrections and questions go to post@skjoldenport.com.