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Port of Sitrah

Bahrain

UN/LOCODEBHSITWhat is a UN/LOCODE?26.1667° N, 50.6667° ELocal timeAsia/Bahrain, UTC+3

In short

Sitrah: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 2, 2026, 02:37 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

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In port now
0
Arrivals, last 24 h
0
Departures, last 24 h
0
Ships nearby, last 6 h
0

Vessels near Sitrah

Ships Voydar received on AIS near the port in the last 6 hours, most recent first. Being near a port is not a port call; the board above lists calls.

No vessels detected near Sitrah in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.

Harbour & facilities

Harbour particulars for Sitrah from the NGA World Port Index (WPI port no. 48320). Depths in metres as charted by NGA.

Harbour size
Medium
Harbour type
Open roadstead
Shelter
Fair
Channel depth
14 m
Anchorage depth
14 m
Cargo pier depth
14 m
Oil terminal depth
14 m
Mean tide
2 m
Pilotage compulsory
Yes
First port of entry
Yes
Repairs
Limited
Dry dock
Large

Source: NGA World Port Index (Pub. 150). Licence: US Government public domain.

Not for navigation.

Forecast

Model forecast for Sitrah over the next 72 hours, every 6 hours: wind, gusts, waves and visibility. Times in UTC.

Time (UTC)Wind (kn)FromGusts (kn)Waves (m)Period (s)Visibility (km)
5142°80.3424
10133°150.4324
1058°150.5424
1189°160.6424
9128°130.5324
12150°160.4324
356°100.3324
10106°150.4324
6149°110.3324
2221°50.2324
816°120.2224

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 1, 2026, 12:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 1, 2026, 18:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 12 km away.

Source: ECMWF open data (IFS 0.25° forecasts, ECMWF WAM waves). This service is based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Source: www.ecmwf.int. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Licence: CC-BY-4.0 + ECMWF Terms of Use.

Source: NOAA GFS 0.25° and GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III) forecasts. Forecast: NOAA NCEP GFS / GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III). Licence: US Government work (public domain); NOAA Open Data Dissemination.

A model forecast, not an observation. Not for navigation.

Sitrah: daily port calls from satellite AIS (IMF PortWatch)

Estimates published by the International Monetary Fund's PortWatch, built from satellite and terrestrial AIS. They cover waters our own receivers do not reach yet. These are the IMF's figures, not Voydar's counts.

The IMF estimates 13 port calls in the 7 days and 52 in the 30 days to Sep 25, 2026. That is 68% less than the same 30 days a year earlier (165).

Container
6
Tanker
18
Dry bulk
14
General cargo
14
Ro-ro
0

Estimated cargo loaded and discharged in those 30 days: 1 million tonnes.

IMF PortWatch daily figures for Sitrah, last 14 days
09-12
2
09-13
1
09-14
0
09-15
3
09-16
4
09-17
0
09-18
1
09-19
3
09-20
0
09-21
1
09-22
3
09-23
2
09-24
1
09-25
3

Sources: Kpler; UN Global Platform; IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org). IMF estimates, updated weekly; the latest days are revised. portwatch.imf.org. Counts cover container ships, tankers, dry bulk, general cargo and ro-ro vessels (30-day totals above).

Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby

2 incidents within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Mar 4, 2013. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

  • OtherDec 29, 2020Other59 km away

    On 29 January, customs authorities announced they had seized 14.4 million Captagon pills hidden in a shipment of wood panels in King Abdul Aziz Port.

  • Pirate AssaultMar 4, 2013Sailing Vessel55 km away

    BAHRAIN: On 04 March, a dhow was fired upon and a crewman was kidnapped approximately 60 nm north of Al Dair. The Bahraini-registered vessel was attacked by four armed men in two boats. The dhow was forced to stop and was dragged from the location of the attack into Iranian waters. The sailors were kidnapped but later released, with one sailor suffering from two gunshot wounds to the shoulder. He was taken to the hospital and listed in stable condition.

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