The world’s busiest ports by current vessel calls.

Compare the latest available vessel calls across major global ports using current maritime indicators.

Daily port activity: Oct 16, 2026
Cargo AIS: Oct 28, 2026, 8:31 PM UTC

Port activity snapshot

Global activity at a glance.

Latest complete publication · Oct 16, 2026

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Daily activityPort activitySource details
Cargo AISCurrent vessel positionsAIS source details

Ranked gateways2,065ports

Vessel calls4,678calls

Estimated imports33,910,484tonnes

Estimated exports29,603,158tonnes

Estimated flow mix63,513,642 tonnes

Imports 53.4%Exports 46.6%

Current cargo pulse

Asia-Pacific cargo positions

50 current cargo positions

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Regional distribution419 positions

MV TAISHO 31

MMSI 525501978 · YDIA2 · IMO 8865030

Stopped · 0.0 kn

Destination · PALEMBANG

2.181° S · 104.952° ESeen Oct 28, 8:31 PM UTC

GUIDANCE

MMSI 503000221 · VMQE · IMO 9661170

Moving · 7.8 kn

Destination · SEA

33.577° S · 151.354° ESeen Oct 28, 8:31 PM UTC

SERIFOS WARRIOR

MMSI 636015871 · D5DG3 · IMO 9641857

Moving · 0.1 kn

Destination · AU GLD

23.708° S · 151.464° ESeen Oct 28, 8:31 PM UTC

KORYU MARU

MMSI 431002489 · JD3165 · IMO 9608104

Moving · 0.1 kn

Destination · JP HHE OFF

40.548° N · 141.539° ESeen Oct 28, 8:31 PM UTC

SKOON A

MMSI 352001978 · 3E2814 · IMO 8592982

Stopped · 0.0 kn

Destination · JP AKI OFF

39.767° N · 140.049° ESeen Oct 28, 8:31 PM UTC

VAN ORCHID

MMSI 538012993 · V7B3596 · IMO 9551674

Stopped · 0.0 kn

Destination · AU BUNBURY

33.323° S · 115.666° ESeen Oct 28, 8:31 PM UTC

Current chokepoint activity

The six busiest maritime chokepoints.

Latest available daily vessel counts for Oct 18, 2026.

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Rank	Chokepoint	Latest daily vessels	Change vs prior day	Activity date
01	Taiwan Strait Open in World	230	+26 +12.7%	Oct 18, 2026
02	Malacca Strait Open in World	227	+22 +10.7%	Oct 18, 2026
03	Korea Strait Open in World	174	-19 -9.8%	Oct 18, 2026
04	Dover Strait Open in World	173	-18 -9.4%	Oct 18, 2026
05	Gibraltar Strait Open in World	142	+31 +27.9%	Oct 18, 2026
06	Bohai Strait Open in World	135	+20 +17.4%	Oct 18, 2026