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Port of Budai

Taiwan

UN/LOCODETWBDAWhat is a UN/LOCODE?23.3667° N, 120.1° ELocal timeAsia/Taipei, UTC+8

In short

Budai: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 4, 2026, 23:14 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

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Vessels near Budai

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

Forecast

Model forecast for Budai 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)
728°90.5424
10355°160.7618
1813°261.8724
1818°252.1824
1425°202924
1713°262.1824
2011°312.5824
1618°232824
1226°191.7824
1012°171.6824
1914°282.1824

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, 17 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

2 incidents within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Sep 8, 1998. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

  • OtherJul 18, 2001Merchant Vessel48 km away

    EAST CHINA SEA: AN UNIDENTIFIED SUPPLY VESSEL REPORTS APPROACH 18 JUL AT 2125 LOCAL TIME WHILE UNDERWAY IN POSITION 23-00N 119-51E. A CRAFT RESEMBLING A NAVAL PATROL BOAT ORDERED THE SUPPLY BOAT TO STOP. MASTER MUSTERED THE CREW AND REPLIED HE HAD CONTACTED U. S. NAVY AT OKINAWA. AN INDIVIDUAL ON THE APPROACHING VESSEL IS QUOTED AS HAVING RESPONDED "OK, NO TROUBLE, WE PULL OUT, MAY WE CATCH YOU NEXT TIME." THE MEANING OF THE EXCHANGE IS UNKNOWN AND THE BOAT WHICH CARRIED NO NAME OR PENNANT NUMBE

  • Pirate AssaultSep 8, 1998Vessel84 km away

    A SINGAPORE-FLAG CHEMICAL TANKER, FEARED HIJACKED BY PIRATES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AFTER IT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DAILY RADIO CONTACT WITH ITS OWNERS FOLLOWING AN 08 SEP MESSAGE, WAS RELEASED 17 SEP. THE LOADED VESSEL WAS ENROUTE FROM SINGAPORE TO LAN SHAN, CHINA WHEN IT WAS REPORTEDLY HIJACKED 40 NM OFF KAO HSIUG (22-37N,120-15E), TAIWAN. CREW MEMBERS WERE KEPT LOCKED IN A CABIN FOR SEVERAL DAYS WHILE THE PIRATES TRIED AND FAILED TO FIND A BUYER FOR THE CARGO WHICH WAS RECOVERED INTACT.

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