Port of Brownsville

UN/LOCODEUSBV8What is a UN/LOCODE?40.0167° N, 79.8833° WLocal timeAmerica/New_York, UTC-4

In short

Brownsville: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 4, 2026, 03:36 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 Brownsville

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

Forecast

Model forecast for Brownsville 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)
Oct 4 03:00	4	103°	9	NaN	NaN	24
Oct 4 09:00	4	138°	7	NaN	NaN	24
Oct 4 15:00	4	190°	9	NaN	NaN	24
Oct 4 21:00	5	265°	12	NaN	NaN	24
Oct 5 03:00	3	279°	8	NaN	NaN	24
Oct 5 09:00	5	268°	11	NaN	NaN	24
Oct 5 15:00	7	324°	17	NaN	NaN	24
Oct 5 21:00	8	324°	17	NaN	NaN	24
Oct 6 03:00	4	6°	8	NaN	NaN	24
Oct 6 09:00	2	66°	5	NaN	NaN	24

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 3, 2026, 18:00 UTC.

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.

Marine conditions near Brownsville

Live wind, waves and water temperature from nearby NOAA buoys and tide gauges — free government data the incumbents charge for.

Buoy Conneaut Breakwater Light, OH · 230.5 kmobserved Jun 8, 2026, 22:00 UTC

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Wind

8 kn @ 30°

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Weather buoys

Source: NOAA National Data Buoy Center & CO-OPS Tides & Currents — public domain.

Brownsville: 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 4 port calls in the 7 days and 23 in the 30 days to Sep 25, 2026. That is 12% less than the same 30 days a year earlier (26).

Container: 0
Tanker: 6
Dry bulk: 15
General cargo: 2
Ro-ro: 0

Estimated cargo loaded and discharged in those 30 days: 0.7 million tonnes.

IMF PortWatch daily figures for Brownsville, last 14 days
09-12 2	09-13 1	09-14 1	09-15 0	09-16 1	09-17 0	09-18 2	09-19 0	09-20 0	09-21 1	09-22 0	09-23 2	09-24 0	09-25 1

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).

Marine accidents investigated nearby Authority-reported

1 accident or incident within 100 km of the port in the published records of national accident-investigation boards since Jan 13, 2018, located where the board states a position. The most recent:

Jan 13, 2018ACCNTSB marine investigations (CAROL)54 km away
Emsworth / Dashields, Bellevue, PA, USA (NTSB DCA18PM011)

Source: NTSB marine investigations (CAROL). Courtesy: National Transportation Safety Board. Licence: US Government work (17 U.S.C. §105), public domain.

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