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Port of Aktau

Kazakhstan

UN/LOCODEKZAAUWhat is a UN/LOCODE?43.65° N, 51.15° ELocal timeAsia/Aqtau, UTC+5

In short

Aktau: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 4, 2026, 19:07 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

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

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

Forecast

Model forecast for Aktau 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)
14302°201.7624
6309°121.2624
3129°100.8524
5305°110.5524
378°50.3424
778°110.3324
888°120.3324
367°100.3524
556°100.5524
8114°120.4522

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 4, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 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.

Aktau: 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 34 port calls in the 7 days and 118 in the 30 days to Sep 25, 2026. That is 40% more than the same 30 days a year earlier (84).

Container
0
Tanker
37
Dry bulk
0
General cargo
64
Ro-ro
17

Estimated cargo loaded and discharged in those 30 days: 0.3 million tonnes.

IMF PortWatch daily figures for Aktau, last 14 days
09-12
5
09-13
7
09-14
1
09-15
3
09-16
7
09-17
3
09-18
4
09-19
6
09-20
5
09-21
5
09-22
5
09-23
4
09-24
2
09-25
7

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).

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