Port of Balboa
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Vessels near Balboa
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 Balboa in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.
Balboa: 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 37 port calls in the 7 days and 182 in the 30 days to Sep 25, 2026. That is 7% less than the same 30 days a year earlier (196).
- Container
- 131
- Tanker
- 41
- Dry bulk
- 3
- General cargo
- 0
- Ro-ro
- 7
Estimated cargo loaded and discharged in those 30 days: 2.7 million tonnes.
09-12 7 | 09-13 3 | 09-14 7 | 09-15 5 | 09-16 9 | 09-17 5 | 09-18 8 | 09-19 3 | 09-20 4 | 09-21 6 | 09-22 7 | 09-23 5 | 09-24 5 | 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).
Balboa: global benchmarks
How Balboa compares with the world's ports, from published statistics. These are the publishers' figures, not Voydar's own measurements.
- Container Port Performance Index 2023
- #314 of 405
- World Bank ranking of container ports by vessel time in port (lower rank = faster turnaround). Port identified from the CPPI port name "BALBOA" (80% confidence).
- Source: World Bank, The Container Port Performance Index 2023 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved Sep 24, 2026.
- Port liner shipping connectivity, 2 2026
- 215.7
- UNCTAD index (100 = the average port in Q1 2023). Up 3% 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.
- Containers handled, 12 months to August 2026
- 2,479,985 TEU
- Terminals: Panama Ports Company - Balboa, Puerto Balboa. Months marked provisional by the AMP: 12.
- Source: Autoridad Marítima de Panamá, datosabiertos.gob.pa (CC0), form F-195, by terminal. Retrieved Sep 24, 2026.
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