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 29, 2026, 7:01 PM UTC

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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%

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Asia-Pacific cargo positions

50 current cargo positions

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Regional distribution349 positions

FANG ZHOU 35

MMSI 412620150 · BUYQ

Stopped · 0.0 kn

Destination · HONG KONG

22.345° N · 114.121° ESeen Oct 29, 7:01 PM UTC

OUKOUMARU

MMSI 431012947 · JD4552

Moving · 0.1 kn

Destination · JP KZU OFF

35.366° N · 139.885° ESeen Oct 29, 7:01 PM UTC

ZHONGHANG923

MMSI 413865472

Stopped · 0.0 kn

Destination · XIANG GANG

22.297° N · 114.122° ESeen Oct 29, 7:01 PM UTC

MV SOEMANTRI BJ

MMSI 525018003 · PLVY · IMO 7518551

Moving · 0.1 kn

Destination · IDSMR

6.907° S · 110.386° ESeen Oct 29, 7:01 PM UTC

EXPRESS BLACK SEA

MMSI 215381000 · 9HA2713 · IMO 9443059

Stopped · 0.0 kn

Destination · SGSIN>AUFRE

32.047° S · 115.743° ESeen Oct 29, 7:01 PM UTC

XING HANG 389

MMSI 413247850

Moving · 7.8 kn

Destination · SHANTOU

22.255° N · 114.265° ESeen Oct 29, 7:01 PM UTC

Current chokepoint activity

The six busiest maritime chokepoints.

Latest available daily vessel counts for Oct 25, 2026.

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Rank	Chokepoint	Latest daily vessels	Change vs prior day	Activity date
01	Taiwan Strait Open in World	240	-84 -25.9%	Oct 25, 2026
02	Malacca Strait Open in World	212	-16 -7.0%	Oct 25, 2026
03	Bohai Strait Open in World	156	-7 -4.3%	Oct 25, 2026
04	Dover Strait Open in World	135	+42 +45.2%	Oct 25, 2026
05	Korea Strait Open in World	135	-43 -24.2%	Oct 25, 2026
06	Gibraltar Strait Open in World	103	-13 -11.2%	Oct 25, 2026