Port of Port Moresby
In short
Port Moresby: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 6, 2026, 12:07 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.
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- Arrivals, last 24 h
- 0
- Departures, last 24 h
- 0
- Ships nearby, last 6 h
- 0
Vessels near Port Moresby
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 Port Moresby in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.
Harbour & facilities
Harbour particulars for Port Moresby from the NGA World Port Index (WPI port no. 53160). Depths in metres as charted by NGA.
- Harbour size
- Small
- Harbour type
- Open roadstead
- Shelter
- Fair
- Channel depth
- 9 m
- Anchorage depth
- 14 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 9 m
- Oil terminal depth
- 14 m
- Mean tide
- 2 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 Port Moresby over the next 72 hours, every 6 hours: wind, gusts, waves and visibility. Times in UTC.
| Time (UTC) | Wind (kn) | From | Gusts (kn) | Waves (m) | Period (s) | Visibility (km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 141° | 17 | 1.1 | 5 | 24 | |
| 8 | 120° | 12 | 0.9 | 6 | 24 | |
| 8 | 175° | 15 | 0.8 | 6 | 24 | |
| 13 | 165° | 20 | 0.9 | 5 | 24 | |
| 10 | 144° | 15 | 0.9 | 5 | 24 | |
| 6 | 117° | 10 | 0.7 | 6 | 24 | |
| 8 | 174° | 14 | 0.6 | 8 | 24 | |
| 11 | 173° | 17 | 0.7 | 8 | 24 | |
| 10 | 146° | 14 | 0.7 | 7 | 24 | |
| 7 | 119° | 12 | 0.7 | 6 | 24 | |
| 8 | 172° | 15 | 0.6 | 7 | 24 |
Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 6, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 6, 2026, 06:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 15 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.
Port Moresby: 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 13 port calls in the 7 days and 60 in the 30 days to Sep 25, 2026. That is 14% less than the same 30 days a year earlier (70).
- Container
- 22
- Tanker
- 15
- Dry bulk
- 5
- General cargo
- 17
- Ro-ro
- 1
Estimated cargo loaded and discharged in those 30 days: 0.5 million tonnes.
09-12 2 | 09-13 1 | 09-14 2 | 09-15 2 | 09-16 2 | 09-17 4 | 09-18 1 | 09-19 2 | 09-20 2 | 09-21 1 | 09-22 1 | 09-23 2 | 09-24 3 | 09-25 2 |
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).
Port Moresby: global benchmarks
How Port Moresby compares with the world's ports, from published statistics. These are the publishers' figures, not Voydar's own measurements.
- Container Port Performance Index 2023
- #289 of 405
- World Bank ranking of container ports by vessel time in port (lower rank = faster turnaround). Port identified from the CPPI port name "PORT MORESBY" (80% confidence).
- Source: World Bank, The Container Port Performance Index 2023 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved Sep 24, 2026.
Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby
1 incident within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Oct 10, 1998. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:
- Pirate AssaultOct 10, 1998Vessel0 km away
THE LOCAL CRUISE BOAT IN PORT MORESBY HARBOR, PAPUA NEW GUINA WAS BOARDED DURING THE NIGHT OF 10-11 OCT. 150 PEOPLE WERE ROBBED. FIVE MEN ARMED WITH KNIVES BOARDED FROM A SMALL BOAT AND THREATENED, PUNCHED AND STRUCK PASSENGERS WITH BOTTLES WHILE TAKING MONEY AND PERSONAL VALUABLES. NO SERIOUS INJURIES REPORTED.
Source: NGA Anti-Shipping Activity Messages. This reproduction, partial or complete, of any National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) or Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) product, information or data is not approved, authorized or endorsed by the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director, NGA or any other element of the US Government. The US Government and NGA accept no liability for the accuracy or quality of this reproduction or the use of any NGA, NIMA or DMA products, information or data. Licence: US Government work — "NGA claims no copyright or other intellectual property right".
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