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, 5:31 PM UTC

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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

Recent cargo positions

393 current cargo positions

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Regional distribution393 positions

FWN SEA

MMSI 244770273 · PDDJ · IMO 9721657

Stopped · 0.0 kn

Destination · FRNCE

43.694° N · 7.286° ESeen Oct 28, 5:31 PM UTC

AMADEUS

MMSI 376205000 · J8B4062 · IMO 9232498

Moving · 8.9 kn

Destination · PLSZZ

53.514° N · 14.633° ESeen Oct 28, 5:31 PM UTC

RESIDENCE

MMSI 244690350 · PI3411

Moving · 2.2 kn

Destination · @@@@@@@@@BUITEN

52.171° N · 5.364° ESeen Oct 28, 5:31 PM UTC

SAAGA

MMSI 230991740 · OJRR

Stopped · 0.0 kn

Destination · PANSIQ

60.443° N · 22.153° ESeen Oct 28, 5:31 PM UTC

VERTOM THEA

MMSI 253829000 · LXVK · IMO 9344382

Moving · 0.5 kn

Destination · USPEF

25.916° N · 79.988° WSeen Oct 28, 5:31 PM UTC

NORD SHANGHAI

MMSI 538012786 · V7B3322 · IMO 1129035

Stopped · 0.0 kn

Destination · USCRP>USBRO

25.952° N · 97.397° WSeen Oct 28, 5:31 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