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Port of Kaibola

Papua New Guinea

UN/LOCODEPGKAIWhat is a UN/LOCODE?8.4167° S, 151.1° ELocal timePacific/Port_Moresby, UTC+10

In short

Kaibola: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 3, 2026, 14:03 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

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Vessels near Kaibola

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

Forecast

Model forecast for Kaibola 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)
19152°260.7324
17165°220.5324
14168°190.5324
14148°180.3224
16146°210.5224
15158°200.5324
13156°180.4224
15141°200.4224
16147°220.5224
14158°190.4224
13162°180.4224

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, 14 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.

Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby

1 incident within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Sep 11, 2007. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

  • Pirate AssaultSep 11, 2007Merchant Vessel57 km away

    PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Vessel (NOSY) boarded, robbed, skipper missing per reporting 11 Sept 07, in the evening, near Fergusson Island in Milne Bay Province. The captain of the vessel is believed to have jumped overboard while the crew was hospitalized after pirates boarded their boat and robbed. A Milne Bay provincial disaster officer said the crew sustained injuries from sharp objects and were receiving medical treatment at the Alotau hospital. The captain jumped overboard near Valeta point around 2

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