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Port of Kralendijk

Caribbean Netherlands

UN/LOCODEBQKRAWhat is a UN/LOCODE?12.15° N, 68.2667° WLocal timeAmerica/Caracas, UTC-4

In short

Kralendijk: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 4, 2026, 01:30 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

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In port now
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Arrivals, last 24 h
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Departures, last 24 h
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Ships nearby, last 6 h
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Vessels near Kralendijk

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 Kralendijk in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.

Forecast

Model forecast for Kralendijk 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)
1596°201.4624
12103°161.2624
1591°261.1624
1498°191.1624
1581°211.1524
1486°191.2524
13100°181.2624
1489°191.1624
1477°191.2624
1287°191.2624
1392°181.2624

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 3, 2026, 18:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 11 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.

Kralendijk: 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 1 port calls in the 7 days and 10 in the 30 days to Sep 25, 2026. That is 11% more than the same 30 days a year earlier (9).

Container
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Tanker
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Dry bulk
1
General cargo
9
Ro-ro
0

Estimated cargo loaded and discharged in those 30 days: 0 million tonnes.

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

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).

Kralendijk: global benchmarks

How Kralendijk compares with the world's ports, from published statistics. These are the publishers' figures, not Voydar's own measurements.

Port liner shipping connectivity, 2 2026
9.4
UNCTAD index (100 = the average port in Q1 2023). Unchanged on a year earlier.
Source: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Data Hub, port liner shipping connectivity index (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved Sep 24, 2026.

Recent arrivals & departures AIS-detected

VesselArrivedDeparted
Malta CELEBRITY REFLECTIONPassenger
Netherlands IJZERBORGCargo (hazardous cat. A)

Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby

3 incidents within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Mar 24, 1998. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

  • IncidentOct 9, 2021Other75 km away

    CURACAO: On 9 October, robbers boarded a catamaran anchored at Royal Marine, Piscadera. The robbers stole the dinghy and outboard, along with a bicycle, a drone, dive gear, a camera, and other equipment. A police report was made.

  • Pirate AssaultSep 16, 2017Vessel83 km away

    CURACAO: On 16 September, an in the water dinghy with outboard motor was stolen from a yacht anchored in Spanish Water, in vicinity 12-08N 069-02W.

  • UnknownMar 24, 1998Passenger Ship76 km away

    The American Admiralty Bureau Ltd requests the assistance of the maritime community in locating Amy Lynn Bradley, missing passenger from the Royal Carribean Cruise Lines vessel RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS. Miss Bradley is a 24 year old white female US citizen. She was traveling with her parents and was last seen in their stateroom at 5:15 a.m. on March 24, 1998 as the vessel was maneuvering into the port of Curacao. At 6:15 a.m. her father went to wake her and she was gone. A thorough search for a pers

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