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Port of Kotor

Montenegro

UN/LOCODEMEKOTWhat is a UN/LOCODE?42.4167° N, 18.7667° ELocal timeEurope/Podgorica, UTC+2

In short

Kotor: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 3, 2026, 13:04 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 Kotor

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

Harbour & facilities

Harbour particulars for Kotor from the NGA World Port Index (WPI port no. 41610). Depths in metres as charted by NGA.

Harbour size
Very small
Harbour type
Coastal (natural)
Shelter
Fair
Channel depth
16 m
Anchorage depth
14 m
Cargo pier depth
5 m
Mean tide
1 m
Pilotage compulsory
Yes
First port of entry
Yes
Repairs
Limited
Dry dock
Medium

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

Not for navigation.

Forecast

Model forecast for Kotor 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)
3253°90.2324
2345°70.3324
227°70.2324
142°60.1324
4233°110.1324
2349°60.2324
113°50.2324
171°60.2324
4234°110.2324
2342°50.2324
230°70.2324

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 3, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 3, 2026, 06:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 19 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.

Kotor: official port statistics

Figures published by national statistics offices and port authorities, shown as they publish them. They count what the publisher counts, which can differ from AIS-detected calls.

Ships arrived, 2025
483
3% more than the year before
Gross tonnage of arrivals, 2025
23 million GT
2% more than the year before

Source: Eurostat (mar_go_qmc, mar_go_aa, mar_go_qm_c*, mar_pa_aa, mar_tf_qm), accessed 2026-10-01. Modified: port codes mapped to UN/LOCODE, values converted from thousands. Retrieved Oct 1, 2026.

Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby

2 incidents within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Aug 7, 2000. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

  • Naval EngagementAug 19, 2000Merchant Vessel41 km away

    The U.S.-flagged vessel, M/V Delaware Bay, was boarded and detained near the port of Bar, Montenegro (42-05N 019-05E) by a Yugoslav gunboat. The vessel, owned by First American Bulk Corporation (FABC) and on charter to Farrell Lines, was carrying USAID food aid cargo bound for Bar, as well as military cargo destined for Israel and Egypt, when approximately seven Yugoslav soldiers, armed with automatic weapons, boarded the vessel. The armed Yugoslav military personnel who boarded the Delaware Bay

  • Naval EngagementAug 7, 2000Vessel44 km away

    MONTENEGRO: At least three ships have been stopped by elements of the Yugoslav navy while approaching the harbor at Bar, Montenegro. The three ships known to have been stopped are: (DEA), 1,798 tons, Croatian flag, 7 Aug; (DELAWARE BAY), 31,920 tons, U.S. flag; (KABAN), 2,900 tons, Antigua & Barbuda flag. No reason for the ship detentions has been stated by Yugoslav authorities. In all cases the ships were allowed to proceed to Bar to discharge cargo.

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