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, 6:16 AM 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

173 current cargo positions

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Regional distribution428 positions

OCTOPUS

MMSI 319866000 · ZCIS · IMO 1007213

Moving · 0.1 kn

Destination · MU PLU>ZA CPT

33.904° S · 18.424° ESeen Oct 29, 6:16 AM UTC

HITACHI

MMSI 244000932 · PB8445

Stopped · 0.0 kn

Destination · AMSTERDAM

52.406° N · 4.868° ESeen Oct 29, 6:16 AM UTC

ABACAB

MMSI 244023406 · PE4520

Moving · 0.1 kn

Destination · ZEEBRUGGE

51.310° N · 3.208° ESeen Oct 29, 6:16 AM UTC

ANGELOS K

MMSI 377263000 · J8B4186 · IMO 7106188

Stopped · 0.0 kn

Destination · PERAMA GREECE

37.959° N · 23.562° ESeen Oct 29, 6:16 AM UTC

ONE FUTURE

MMSI 563324800 · 9V7084 · IMO 9936393

Moving · 9.4 kn

Destination · GBSOU

52.963° N · 4.011° ESeen Oct 29, 6:16 AM UTC

BLASTAL

MMSI 257206900 · LM9134

Stopped · 0.0 kn

59.892° N · 10.720° ESeen Oct 29, 6:16 AM 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