
Technical Data
Conditions
Overview
A key Mediterranean port in the Gulf of Iskenderun serving southeastern Turkey's heavy industry and steel sector.
Location
36.6000°N, 36.1667°E
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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.
Vessels underway broadcasting a destination that resolves to this port, closest first. Distance is the real sea route (around land and through canals). Off port is steaming time at the vessel’s passage speed; alongside adds the wait this port has actually kept comparable ships for. Berth waits vary far more than they average, so read the queue as typical, not promised. The crew’s own reported ETA is shown alongside for comparison.
| Vessel | Type | Distance | Speed | Off port | Alongside | Crew ETA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASIM IMAMOGLU | General Cargo | 82 nm | 6.9 kn | 15 Oct | 16 Oct+20h | 15 Oct |
| MUSTAFA YAGCI | General Cargo | 82 nm | 10.2 kn | 15 Oct | 16 Oct+23h | 15 Oct |
| NATALIA | General Cargo | 140 nm | 9.2 kn | 15 Oct | 17 Oct+28h | 15 Oct |
| GHENA | Livestock Carrier | 217 nm | 13.5 kn | 15 Oct | 17 Oct+27h | · |
| BALAT | General Cargo | 426 nm | 9.2 kn | 17 Oct | 18 Oct+32h | 17 Oct |
| PINGHE | Bulk Carrier | 2297 nm | 10.0 kn | 24 Oct | · | 24 Oct |
| CENTURIUS | General Cargo | 2330 nm | 11.2 kn | 23 Oct | · | 24 Oct |
| LOWLANDS PATRASCHE | Bulk Carrier | ~2506 nm | 10.9 kn | · | · | 24 Oct |
| SNP GALAXY | General Cargo | 2731 nm | 7.5 kn | 30 Oct | · | 31 Oct |
| ALARA | Bulk Carrier | 3060 nm | 9.0 kn | 29 Oct | · | 27 Oct |
Network
How central Iskenderun sits in the sea-route network we cover: a connectivity score across navigable distances. A higher score means the port is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports, the maritime signature of a hub.
Directly routable to 349 other covered ports.
Method. A connectivity score across our own route network: a port reads higher when it is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports. The score is rescaled 0 to 100 within the snapshot, so the single most-connected port reads 100. Distances are Suez / Panama / Malacca-aware navigable sea miles.
Coverage. The route network spans the 350 largest commercial ports, so this ranks hubs within that covered network, not against every port on earth. The number is deterministic. No confidence grade is invented. Computed Oct 15, 2026.
Risk & quality
A coverage-weighted blend of recorded Port-State-Control detentions, marine casualties and live congestion at Iskenderun. 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).
Method. Each signal is normalised to 0 to 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 Oct 15, 2026.
Conditions