Skip to content

Port of Pakbara

Thailand

UN/LOCODETHPKBWhat is a UN/LOCODE?6.8667° N, 99.7167° ELocal timeAsia/Bangkok, UTC+7

In short

Pakbara: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 2, 2026, 12:04 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

Watch this port

Get an email when Pakbara is busier than usual or is named in an official release.

We email you a link and a code. That creates a free account, no password or card, and follows Pakbara.

Free account, no card: follow up to 5 ships and ports. Plus follows 50, Pro 500.

By continuing you accept the Terms and the Privacy policy.

In port now
0
Arrivals, last 24 h
0
Departures, last 24 h
0
Ships nearby, last 6 h
0

Vessels near Pakbara

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

Forecast

Model forecast for Pakbara 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)
3165°60.1724
0227°50.185.4
361°80.193.5
7264°120.11324
5271°80.2224
4308°80.2223
231°100.2324
6266°120.1424
5319°100.2224
2329°60.2319
192°70.1424

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, 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

8 incidents within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Apr 30, 2005. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

  • Suspicious ApproachJul 1, 2013Barge46 km away

    SINGAPORE: On 01 July, an underway barge in tow was boarded while transiting the Singapore Strait.During subsequent routine rounds, the crew from the tug towing the barge noticed items from the barge missing.

  • Pirate AssaultApr 17, 2012Tugboat46 km away

    MALAYSIA: Tug boat towing a barge was hijacked while underway on 17 April while enroute from Langkawi, Malaysia to Tawau, East Malaysia. The tug and barge in tow left Langkawi on 12 April. The last contact the owners had with the tug was on 16 April after the vessel was hijacked. The seven crew members of the tug were set adrift and were rescued by a Vietnamese fishing vessel and safely landed in Vietnam. The barge was later located in the vicinity of Palawan island, Philippines on 26 April by t

  • Pirate AssaultMar 24, 2009Sailing Vessel58 km away

    THAILAND: Three robbers armed with knives and a hammer attacked and boarded a yacht. They assaulted and killed the skipper and threw his body overboard while in the mooring bay off the Buntang Islands. The skipper's wife was also injured. They tied her up and stole personal belongings. The wife managed to escape and alerted the Thai police. The Satun marine police was notified and sent patrol boats to search for the dead body. When the police arrived at the yacht area, three men were on the life

  • Pirate AssaultJul 27, 2006Fishing Vessel46 km away

    STRAIT OF MALACCA: Two fishing boats attacked and three Thai crewmembers kidnapped 27 Jul, at approximately 0100 local time, 67 nm from Langkawi. Five armed pirates on a fishing boat stopped the two Malaysian registered fishing boats and attacked them. Pirates are demanding a ransom of RM144,000 from the owners for the release of the crew. It is believed that, the pirates are holding the fishermen on an island off Langkawi. Malaysian and Thai police have launched a joint search for the fisherman

  • Pirate AssaultJun 13, 2005Merchant Vessel61 km away

    STRAIT OF MALACCA: M/T (NEPLINE DELIMA) was hijacked 13 June at 2100 UTC, while underway off Langkawi Island. Ten armed pirates boarded from a speedboat. One crew member managed to escape in the pirates' boat, landed at Langkawi and notified police. Police dispatched a police boat which found the tanker off Pulau Lebar. The pirates subsequently surrendered and were taken to Langkawi for investigation (IMB). Two crewmembers were later arrested under suspicion of being accomplices to the hijacking

  • Pirate AssaultJun 13, 2005Merchant Vessel61 km away

    STRAIT OF MALACCA: An unidentified tanker was hijacked 13 June at 2100 UTC, while underway off Langkawi Island. Ten armed pirates boarded from a speedboat. One crew member managed to escape in the pirates' boat, landed at Langkawi, and notified police. Police dispatched a police boat which found the tanker off Pulau Lebar. The pirates subsequently surrendered and were taken to Langkawi for investigation (IMB).

Tools for this port

Use this data

This page is also available as JSON, free, with the source and licence of every section. Sections whose sources do not permit redistribution are listed as withheld.

GET /api/v1/ports/THPKB
View JSONAPI documentationFree without a key for occasional use; use an API key for more.

Using this data in code?

Every account gets a personal API allowance: 2,500 credits a month free, 25,000 with Pro. Pro adds internal business use; API plans add building the data into your own products.

See plans

Nearby ports