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Port of Umm Sa'id (Mesaieed)

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UN/LOCODEQAUMSWhat is a UN/LOCODE?24.9167° N, 51.5667° ELocal timeAsia/Qatar, UTC+3

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Umm Sa'id (Mesaieed): no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 5, 2026, 00:57 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

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Arrivals, last 24 h
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Departures, last 24 h
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Ships nearby, last 6 h
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Vessels near Umm Sa'id (Mesaieed)

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 Umm Sa'id (Mesaieed) in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.

Harbour & facilities

Harbour particulars for Umm Sa'id (Mesaieed) from the NGA World Port Index (WPI port no. 48287). Depths in metres as charted by NGA.

Harbour size
Small
Harbour type
Open roadstead
Shelter
Fair
Channel depth
13 m
Anchorage depth
11 m
Cargo pier depth
14 m
Oil terminal depth
13 m
Mean tide
2 m
Pilotage compulsory
Yes
First port of entry
Yes
Repairs
Limited

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

Not for navigation.

Forecast

Model forecast for Umm Sa'id (Mesaieed) 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)
8295°120.4424
9313°150.5424
560°140.4424
4300°60.5424
8296°120.4424
10302°160.4324
983°160.3324
528°100.4324
5310°70.2324
113°60.1324
991°160.2224

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 4, 2026, 18:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 21 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.

Umm Sa'id (Mesaieed): global benchmarks

How Umm Sa'id (Mesaieed) compares with the world's ports, from published statistics. These are the publishers' figures, not Voydar's own measurements.

Port liner shipping connectivity, 4 2024
23.8
UNCTAD index (100 = the average port in Q1 2023).
Source: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Data Hub, port liner shipping connectivity index (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved Sep 24, 2026.

Umm Sa'id (Mesaieed): 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, 2023
106
93% less than the year before
Gross tonnage of arrivals, 2023
12.3 million GT
71% less than the year before

Most arrivals in 2023 by flag: Panama (360), Qatar (230), Marshall Islands (146), Liberia (139), Singapore (126), Antigua & Barbuda (73).

Source: National Planning Council, Qatar — Qatar Open Data Portal (data.gov.qa), CC BY 4.0. Retrieved Sep 28, 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 Jan 8, 1987. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

  • UnknownJan 8, 1987Merchant Vessel77 km away

    PERSIAN GULF. RAS TANNURAH M/V SOLENA REPORTS DAMAGE BY UNDERWATER EXPLOSION, POSSIBLE MINE , WHILE AT ANCHOR IN 25-07-42N 52-17-30E.

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