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, 11:31 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%

Current cargo pulse

Europe & Africa cargo positions

189 current cargo positions

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Regional distribution336 positions

PRIMULA SEAWAYS

MMSI 220253000 · OUIM2 · IMO 9259513

Stopped · 0.0 kn

Destination · BE GEN

57.690° N · 11.832° ESeen Oct 28, 11:31 PM UTC

FINNMILL

MMSI 230642000 · OJQG · IMO 9212656

Moving · 17.2 kn

Destination · HELSINKI

55.271° N · 14.467° ESeen Oct 28, 11:31 PM UTC

XANTHOS

MMSI 205546090 · OT5460

Stopped · 0.0 kn

Destination · MAASVLAKTE EUROPAHA

51.957° N · 4.035° ESeen Oct 28, 11:31 PM UTC

SAM SAM

MMSI 244700273 · PE2961

Stopped · 0.0 kn

52.221° N · 4.768° ESeen Oct 28, 11:31 PM UTC

LANGELAND

MMSI 255862000 · CQVT · IMO 9968243

Moving · 9.7 kn

Destination · NL AMS VIA KIEL

52.478° N · 4.266° ESeen Oct 28, 11:31 PM UTC

PURE MERCY

MMSI 352004571 · 3E6855

Moving · 10.3 kn

Destination · VN CMT

50.637° N · 0.624° ESeen Oct 28, 11:31 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