Hanko port (port code: FIHKO) is the southernmost port of Finland. It is situated on the southwest coast, approximately 150 kilometers southwest of Helsinki.
The port remains open throughout the year with the assistance of State icebreakers. It has Freeport status, through Freeport of Finland Ltd. There are two harbours, an Inner Harbour and an Outer Harbour, both with dry cargo/Ro-Ro berths.
The port handles approximately 3,500,000t of cargo annually. The main exports from this port are plywood, paper, woodpulp, rayon fibre, butter, tar and cellulose. While the main imports to this port include new motor vehicles, cotton, coal, iron and gypsum.
This port is a summer tourist destination with a fast ferry link to Germany. About 1,600 vessels and 170,900 passengers visit this port annually. The types of vessels regularly calling at this port are cargo vessels, accounting for about 68.5%, and vehicles carriers, taking up around 13%. The maximum length of the vessels recorded to having entered this port is 218 meters. The maximum draught is 8.5 meters. The maximum deadweight is 18250t.