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, 9:16 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

315 current cargo positions

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Regional distribution399 positions

METANOIA

MMSI 244750218 · PE7826

Moving · 5.3 kn

Destination · MANNHEIM

50.733° N · 7.111° ESeen Oct 29, 9:16 AM UTC

MEDEDINGER

MMSI 244670047 · PE5916

Stopped · 0.0 kn

Destination · ROTTERDAM

51.813° N · 4.658° ESeen Oct 29, 9:16 AM UTC

GRANDE MICHIGAN

MMSI 247416500 · IBKC · IMO 1028865

Moving · 14.6 kn

Destination · BEANR>PTSET

50.318° N · 0.843° WSeen Oct 29, 9:16 AM UTC

ARKLOW FERN

MMSI 250002173 · EIJW5 · IMO 9527661

Moving · 10.4 kn

Destination · GBPEM VIA NOK

53.608° N · 5.155° ESeen Oct 29, 9:16 AM UTC

TRANS SOL

MMSI 249587000 · 9HA6319 · IMO 9348936

Moving · 9.2 kn

Destination · NORIV

59.242° N · 5.338° ESeen Oct 29, 9:16 AM UTC

RIO GRANDE

MMSI 244660996 · PH7849

Moving · 5.8 kn

Destination · MANNHEIM

49.556° N · 8.413° ESeen Oct 29, 9:16 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