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Port of Xiamen

China

UN/LOCODECNXAMWhat is a UN/LOCODE?24.45° N, 118.1° ELocal timeAsia/Shanghai, UTC+8

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Xiamen: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 5, 2026, 01:42 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

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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 Xiamen

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

Forecast

Model forecast for Xiamen 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)
1041°180.4315
1257°210.4324
1245°240.5324
937°150.4324
1241°200.5324
1047°200.4324
1350°230.5324
1230°210.4324
1328°220.5324
1251°230.5324
1549°250.6324

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 4, 2026, 18:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 16 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.

Xiamen: 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 126 port calls in the 7 days and 597 in the 30 days to Sep 25, 2026. That is 6% less than the same 30 days a year earlier (636).

Container
442
Tanker
26
Dry bulk
74
General cargo
54
Ro-ro
1

Estimated cargo loaded and discharged in those 30 days: 19.3 million tonnes.

IMF PortWatch daily figures for Xiamen, last 14 days
09-12
20
09-13
23
09-14
27
09-15
15
09-16
22
09-17
18
09-18
18
09-19
22
09-20
15
09-21
15
09-22
25
09-23
16
09-24
13
09-25
20

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

1 incident within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Apr 16, 2001. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

  • KidnappingApr 16, 2001Merchant Vessel99 km away

    EAST CHINA SEA: AN UNIDENTIFIED CARGO SHIP REPORTEDLY NOTICED APPROACH BY A SPEED BOAT 16 APR AT 1935 LOCAL TIME WHILE UNDERWAY IN POSITION 24-34N 119-04E. BOAT INCREASED SPEED AND CAME ALONGSIDE WHILE A PERSON ON BOARD THE BOAT THREW A GRAPPLING HOOK AND LINE OVER THE SHIP'S RAIL. SHIP THEN INCREASED SPEED AND (REPORTEDLY) BROKE THE BOAT'S LINE AFTER WHICH BOAT ABANDONED ATTEMPT TO BOARD.

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