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Dry Bulk Freight Index2,490▼ -1.3%Capesize3,538▼ -2.8%Panamax2,124▲ +0.7%Dirty Tanker Index1,935▲ +1.1%Supramax1,668▼ -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,280▼ -1.4%Handysize947▲ +0.2%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,490▼ -1.3%Capesize3,538▼ -2.8%Panamax2,124▲ +0.7%Dirty Tanker Index1,935▲ +1.1%Supramax1,668▼ -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,280▼ -1.4%Handysize947▲ +0.2%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,490▼ -1.3%Capesize3,538▼ -2.8%Panamax2,124▲ +0.7%Dirty Tanker Index1,935▲ +1.1%Supramax1,668▼ -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,280▼ -1.4%Handysize947▲ +0.2%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,490▼ -1.3%Capesize3,538▼ -2.8%Panamax2,124▲ +0.7%Dirty Tanker Index1,935▲ +1.1%Supramax1,668▼ -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,280▼ -1.4%Handysize947▲ +0.2%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,490▼ -1.3%Capesize3,538▼ -2.8%Panamax2,124▲ +0.7%Dirty Tanker Index1,935▲ +1.1%Supramax1,668▼ -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,280▼ -1.4%Handysize947▲ +0.2%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,490▼ -1.3%Capesize3,538▼ -2.8%Panamax2,124▲ +0.7%Dirty Tanker Index1,935▲ +1.1%Supramax1,668▼ -0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,280▼ -1.4%Handysize947▲ +0.2%
AIS Analytics

Trade Lanes

Port-call activity and load→discharge trade lanes reconstructed from our own real-time vessel tracking — the busiest harbours by traffic and turnaround, and the routes vessels actually chain between. A port-and-chokepoint view of trade flow, derived end-to-end on the platform.

Cargo & tanker fleet— recreational, fishing & service traffic excluded
22,899 dry cargo·7,897 tanker
30,796
Cargo calls
409
Ports
4,911
Vessels
Oct 2024–Dec 2024
Window

Busiest ports

calls · median time in port
  1. 1🇺🇸Port Fourchon10 h3,571
  2. 2🇺🇸Port Laudania11 h562
  3. 3🇨🇦West Vancouver36 h543
  4. 4🇨🇦Saint-Catharines3 h538
  5. 5🇺🇸Port of Los Angeles29 h507
  6. 6🇺🇸Norsworthy43 h462
  7. 7🇺🇸Newark16 h440
  8. 8🇺🇸Port of Long Beach25 h440
  9. 9🇺🇸Port Everglades24 h413
  10. 10🇺🇸Freeport LNG25 h404
  11. 11🇵🇷San Juan17 h399
  12. 12🇻🇮Saint Thomas11 h381
  13. 13🇨🇦Burrard Inlet42 h377
  14. 14🇺🇸Baltimore29 h359
  15. 15🇺🇸Galveston25 h355
  16. 16🇺🇸Port Bolivar20 h338
  17. 17🇺🇸St Rose34 h325
  18. 18🇺🇸Rouge River8 h315
  19. 19🇺🇸Tompkinsville SI11 h303
  20. 20🇨🇦Hamilton6 h299

Top trade lanes

median transit · legs
  1. 1Burrard InletWest Vancouver1 h156
  2. 2West VancouverBurrard Inlet1 h87
  3. 3Port WellerSaint-Catharines2 h75
  4. 4Port of Los AngelesPort of Oakland2.3 d73
  5. 5San JuanSaint Thomas7 h70
  6. 6Saint ThomasSan Juan16 h68
  7. 7WilmingtonPort of Oakland2.6 d63
  8. 8AstoriaTongue Point0 h62
  9. 9Tongue PointAstoria0 h60
  10. 10NewarkLinden Hill2 h59
  11. 11Linden HillNewark2 h56
  12. 12Saint-CatharinesPort Weller1 h53
  13. 13Saint-CatharinesPort Colborne5 h49
  14. 14Port Morris, BronxBrooklyn1 h49
  15. 15Port of Long BeachPort of Los Angeles1 h49
  16. 16ThenardHonolulu4.7 d48
  17. 17NewarkBaltimore2.4 d48
  18. 18TaftReserve1 h44
  19. 19HamiltonSaint-Catharines15 h44
  20. 20Port BolivarGalveston18 h44

Activity momentum

Nov 2024 → Dec 2024 · port calls
Heating up
  1. 🇺🇸Tongue Point22 → 82+60
  2. 🇺🇸Astoria20 → 69+49
  3. 🇨🇦Saint-Catharines151 → 197+46
  4. 🇺🇸Sault Ste Marie48 → 92+44
  5. 🇺🇸Brownsville52 → 95+43
  6. 🇨🇦Port Weller46 → 87+41
  7. 🇧🇸Port of Freeport Bahamas64 → 101+37
Cooling
  1. 🇺🇸Port Fourchon1,242 → 1,047−195
  2. 🇺🇸Meraux123 → 65−58
  3. 🇺🇸St Rose141 → 94−47
  4. 🇺🇸New London50 → 7−43
  5. 🇺🇸Sinco90 → 49−41
  6. 🇨🇦West Vancouver199 → 160−39
  7. 🇺🇸Tampa104 → 68−36

A trade lane is a vessel’s departure from one port chained to its next arrival at a different port (load→discharge), counted across every tracked vessel in the window. Coverage is densest in regions with strong terrestrial tracking; the window shown reflects the history mined so far. All analytics →