Port of Paramaribo
In short
Paramaribo: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 2, 2026, 15:02 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.
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- In port now
- 0
- Arrivals, last 24 h
- 0
- Departures, last 24 h
- 0
- Ships nearby, last 6 h
- 0
Vessels near Paramaribo
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 Paramaribo in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.
Harbour & facilities
Harbour particulars for Paramaribo from the NGA World Port Index (WPI port no. 12410). Depths in metres as charted by NGA.
- Harbour size
- Small
- Harbour type
- River (natural)
- Shelter
- Excellent
- Channel depth
- 3 m
- Anchorage depth
- 5 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 5 m
- Oil terminal depth
- 5 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 Paramaribo 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 65° | 16 | 0.4 | 14 | 24 | |
| 10 | 42° | 19 | 0.5 | 13 | 24 | |
| 6 | 68° | 11 | 0.5 | 12 | 24 | |
| 4 | 84° | 7 | 0.5 | 12 | 24 | |
| 6 | 41° | 14 | 0.5 | 11 | 24 | |
| 7 | 35° | 13 | 0.5 | 12 | 24 | |
| 6 | 61° | 12 | 0.5 | 12 | 24 | |
| 5 | 111° | 8 | 0.5 | 12 | 24 | |
| 5 | 83° | 13 | 0.5 | 11 | 24 | |
| 8 | 44° | 18 | 0.5 | 11 | 22 |
Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 2, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 2, 2026, 06:00 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.
Paramaribo: 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 15 port calls in the 7 days and 62 in the 30 days to Sep 25, 2026. That is 15% more than the same 30 days a year earlier (54).
- Container
- 16
- Tanker
- 14
- Dry bulk
- 7
- General cargo
- 24
- Ro-ro
- 1
Estimated cargo loaded and discharged in those 30 days: 0.1 million tonnes.
09-12 3 | 09-13 0 | 09-14 4 | 09-15 2 | 09-16 2 | 09-17 1 | 09-18 3 | 09-19 3 | 09-20 3 | 09-21 2 | 09-22 2 | 09-23 1 | 09-24 4 | 09-25 0 |
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).
Paramaribo: global benchmarks
How Paramaribo compares with the world's ports, from published statistics. These are the publishers' figures, not Voydar's own measurements.
- Container Port Performance Index 2023
- #231 of 405
- World Bank ranking of container ports by vessel time in port (lower rank = faster turnaround). Port identified from the CPPI port name "PARAMARIBO" (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
- 99.9
- UNCTAD index (100 = the average port in Q1 2023). Up 5% 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.
Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby
4 incidents within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Dec 9, 2007. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:
- Pirate AssaultApr 27, 2018Fishing Vessel46 km away
SURINAME: On 27 April, pirates attacked a group of 20 fishermen in 4 boats and forced them to jump overboard. Four men managed to swim to shore and three of them remain hospitalized. Sixteen fishermen are missing. The survivors told police and the Suriname Coast Guard that the assailants, suspected of being from Guyana because of their accents, beat them with machetes and forced them to jump into the sea. They said some of the victims had batteries tied to their legs to weigh them down. The Coas
- Pirate AssaultJul 11, 2014Fishing Vessel84 km away
SURINAME: On 11 July, armed men attacked and boarded a Guyanese fishing boat off Suriname. At least four crew members are still unaccounted for and the captain of the boat survived by clinging to floating debris after being thrown overboard by the attackers. The boat's outboard motor, among other items, was reportedly stolen by the attackers.
- Pirate AssaultMar 29, 2008Fishing Vessel83 km away
SURINAME: Fishing vessel hijacked, suspected pirates apprehended 29 Mar 08 at approximately 1500 local time, Coppename River. Six fishermen were attacked while operating in the Coppename River by pirates. Six fishermen were captured and subsequently bound and gagged while their boat was seized and two other fishermen were ordered to accompany the pirates in another vessel for further attacks and robberies to fishing boats. After two of the six victims were freed during a police raid, they inform
- Pirate AssaultDec 9, 2007Fishing Vessel94 km away
1800 LT: 16 NM off Coroni shore, Suriname: Five masked pirates armed with guns approached the fishing vessel underway. They fired several shots and ordered the crew to lie on the icebox. They then locked the crew in the fish pen. The pirates took hostage 2 crewmembers at gunpoint and ordered them to discharge the fish into their boat. before leaving, the pirates stole a drum of gasoline, one propeller, vessel's property and two cell phones. They destroyed the fishing vessel's engine coil and esc
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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