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Port of Paranam

Suriname

UN/LOCODESRPRMWhat is a UN/LOCODE?5.6167° N, 55.1° WLocal timeAmerica/Paramaribo, UTC-3

In short

Paranam: 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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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 Paranam

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

Harbour & facilities

Harbour particulars for Paranam from the NGA World Port Index (WPI port no. 12415). Depths in metres as charted by NGA.

Harbour size
Very small
Harbour type
River (natural)
Shelter
Excellent
Channel depth
3 m
Anchorage depth
9 m
Cargo pier depth
8 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 Paranam 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)
592°150.51424
729°170.51324
463°90.51224
2100°40.51124
444°120.51024
526°110.51124
359°90.61124
3116°50.61124
4115°130.51124
617°150.61023

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, 44 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

3 incidents within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Mar 29, 2008. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

  • Pirate AssaultApr 27, 2018Fishing Vessel69 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 Vessel89 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 Vessel93 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

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