Port of Harwood Heights

UN/LOCODEUSHHTWhat is a UN/LOCODE?41.9667° N, 87.8° WLocal timeAmerica/Chicago, UTC-5

In short

Harwood Heights: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 6, 2026, 11:10 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

Get port alerts

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

Free forever. No card. A free account follows up to 5 ships and ports.

In port now: 0
Arrivals, last 24 h: 0
Departures, last 24 h: 0
Ships nearby, last 6 h: 1

Vessels near Harwood Heights

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.

Vessels near Harwood Heights
Vessel	Type	IMO / MMSI	Last seen
MACEY LAURENPilot vessel	Pilot vessel	MMSI 367516930	Oct 6, 2026, 11:09 UTC

Forecast

Model forecast for Harwood Heights 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 6 09:00	5	180°	9	0.5	4	24
Oct 6 15:00	6	194°	13	0.5	3	24
Oct 6 21:00	9	208°	20	0.4	3	24
Oct 7 03:00	9	214°	18	0.5	3	24
Oct 7 09:00	7	237°	14	0.4	3	24
Oct 7 15:00	4	271°	11	0.2	2	24
Oct 7 21:00	5	302°	13	0.1	2	24
Oct 8 03:00	6	287°	12	0.4	3	24
Oct 8 09:00	5	294°	11	0.4	3	24
Oct 8 15:00	6	324°	13	0.7	4	24
Oct 8 21:00	5	297°	13	0.6	5	24

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 6, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 6, 2026, 06:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 25 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.

Marine conditions near Harwood Heights

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

Buoy FSTI2 · 16.9 kmobserved Oct 6, 2026, 09:00 UTC

Water temp

—

Air temp

13.7°C (57°F)

Wind

—

Waves

—

Weather buoys

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

Anchorages, pilot boarding and routing near Harwood Heights

Charted areas within 40 km, from NOAA's MarineCadastre.gov. Reference only, not for navigation: the regulation cited governs.

AnchorageAnchorage CunrestrictedChicago Harbor, IL110.205(a)(3) · 16.9 km
AnchorageGrant Park North AspecialChicago Harbor, IL110.83(a) · 18 km
AnchorageGrant Park North BspecialChicago Harbor, IL110.83(b) · 18 km
AnchorageGrant Park North CspecialChicago Harbor, IL110.83(c) · 18.1 km
AnchorageAnchorage AunrestrictedChicago Harbor, IL110.205(a)(1) · 18.2 km
AnchorageAnchorage EunrestrictedChicago Harbor, IL110.205(a)(5) · 18.2 km
AnchorageAnchorage DunrestrictedChicago Harbor, IL110.205(a)(4) · 18.3 km
AnchorageGrant Park SouthspecialChicago Harbor, IL110.83(d) · 18.3 km
AnchorageAnchorage BunrestrictedChicago Harbor, IL110.205(a)(2) · 19 km

Sources: NOAA Office for Coastal Management (MarineCadastre.gov) and NOAA Fisheries (public domain). Retrieved Oct 1, 2026.

Marine accidents investigated nearby Authority-reported

7 accidents and incidents within 100 km of the port in the published records of national accident-investigation boards since Apr 13, 2019, located where the board states a position. The most recent:

Mar 31, 2026Towing/BargeNTSB marine investigations (CAROL)45 km away
Karen Andrie / Endeavor, East Chicago, IN, USA (NTSB DCA26FM012) · KAREN ANDRIE
Apr 27, 2025Cargo, Dry BulkNTSB marine investigations (CAROL)55 km away
American Integrity, Gary, IN, USA (NTSB DCA25FM044) · AMERICAN INTEGRITY
Nov 5, 2023YachtNTSB marine investigations (CAROL)85 km away
Kate-Esprere, Racine, WI, USA (NTSB DCA24FM008)
Jan 4, 2023PassengerNTSB marine investigations (CAROL)39 km away
Skyline Princess / Carmen / Sea Ray 340 Express Cruiser, Chicago, IL, USA (NTSB DCA23FM011)
Jan 1, 2020ACCNTSB marine investigations (CAROL)55 km away
William C / INO 85226 / INO 85100, Joliet, IL, USA (NTSB DCA20FM010)
Nov 4, 2019Towing/BargeNTSB marine investigations (CAROL)35 km away
IB1940, Lemont, IL, USA (NTSB DCA20FM002)
Apr 13, 2019ACCNTSB marine investigations (CAROL)21 km away
Dewey R / ATC 3404, Summit, IL, USA (NTSB DCA19FM031)

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

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/USHHT

View JSON API documentationFree without a key for occasional use; use an API key for more.

Follow by RSS Open data

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