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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%
Port

Botlek

Technical Data

Port Specifications

UNLOCODE
NLBOT
Country
🇳🇱 Netherlands

Conditions

Current Weather

24°C
Clear sky
Feels like 24°
Wind
11 kn WNW
gusts 20 kn
Humidity
59%
Precip
0.0 mm
Waves
0.2 m
Today
26° 15°
Thu
21° 17°
Fri
21° 16°
Sat
23° 14°
Live weather · Open-Meteo

Location

Coordinates

51.8845°N, 4.2875°E

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Live Data

Port Congestion

Waiting Vessels
1
Avg Wait Time
7.2d
At Anchorage
1
Berth Occupancy
--N/A

30-Day Berth Occupancy Trend

<30%
30-70%
>70%

Waiting Vessels Trend

Port-call activity

Arrivals, time in port and cargo operations detected from AIS — the position-inferred congestion signal, with the full dwell distribution rather than a single average.

In port now
24
Arrivals · 7d
76
Median dwell
14 h
P90 dwell
31 h
long-tail wait
11 loaded 11 dischargedover 119 completed calls
Recent calls

Expected arrivals

2 inbound

Vessels underway broadcasting a destination that resolves to this port, closest first. Distance is the real sea route (around land and through canals); the computed ETA is at the vessel’s passage speed. The crew’s own reported ETA is shown alongside for comparison.

VesselTypeDistanceSpeedETA (computed)Crew ETA
BONA DEACargo8 nm8.4 kn30 Jun30 Jun
MERUADACargo2229 nm6.6 kn14 Jul1 Jul

Risk & quality

Port risk & quality

5.8/ 10
Moderate exposureLow confidence

A coverage-weighted blend of recorded Port-State-Control detentions, marine casualties and live congestion at Botlek. Higher means more risk exposure for a ship calling here — it is a count of recorded events, not a judgement of the port's management.

Built from 33% of the three signals (scored on a single signal — treat as indicative).

PSC detentions
no data in our coverage
Marine casualties
no data in our coverage
Congestion
5.8/ 10

Method. Each signal is normalised to 0–10 against an empirical cap, then blended weighting safety (detentions 0.40, casualties 0.35) above operational congestion (0.25). A port is scored only on the signals it has data for, and the weights renormalise — a missing signal is never credited as a safe 0.

Coverage. PSC and casualty data here is regional (US, UK, Canada), so most ports show only congestion and carry a low-confidence flag. Detention/casualty counts come from a country-scoped name match (≈60% of US detentions resolve); unmatched records are dropped, not force-fit.

Detention and casualty signals are screened against open port-state-control and marine-casualty records, combined with our own AIS-derived congestion. Updated Jun 23, 2026.

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