Technical Data
Port Specifications
- Port Type
- General
- Terminals
- 3
- Berth Count
- 37
- Max Draught
- 15.5 m
- Country
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
Conditions
Current Weather
Overview
About This Port
The Port of Istanbul is a passenger terminal for cruise liners, which is situated in the Karaköy neighborhood of the Beyoğlu district in Istanbul, Turkey. It consists of two adjoining piers, the Galata Pier and the Salıpazarı Pier, extending from the Galata Bridge on the Golden Horn to Salıpazarı on the west coast of the Bosporus. It is owned and operated by the state-owned Turkish Maritime Organization (TDİ).
Location
Coordinates
41.0167°N, 28.9667°E
View on Google Maps →Live Data
Port Congestion
30-Day Berth Occupancy Trend
Waiting Vessels Trend
Expected arrivals
8 inboundVessels 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.
| Vessel | Type | Distance | Speed | ETA (computed) | Crew ETA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JET X | Oil Products Tanker | 4 nm | 8.4 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| THOMAS SELMER | Bulk Carrier | 4 nm | 9.8 kn | 30 Jun | 29 Jun |
| YASSIN BEY | General Cargo | 100 nm | 13.2 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| BERN | Bulk Carrier | 348 nm | 11.4 kn | 1 Jul | 1 Jul |
| BIEN | General Cargo | 379 nm | 9.8 kn | 1 Jul | 2 Jul |
| SH EXPRESS | General Cargo | 790 nm | 8.5 kn | 4 Jul | 5 Jul |
| KUAI BANG HAI 18 | Bulk Carrier | 971 nm | 11.3 kn | 3 Jul | 2 Jul |
| ZHENG YAO | Bulk Carrier | 1951 nm | 10.0 kn | 8 Jul | 6 Jul |
Network
Connectivity & hub role
How central Istanbul 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 179 other covered ports.
- BGRuse126 nm
- BGBurgas126 nm
- BGVarna163 nm
- TRIzmir278 nm
- GRVolos353 nm
- GRPort of Piraeus358 nm
- TRSamsun379 nm
- RUNovorossiysk448 nm
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 0–100 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 180 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 Jun 30, 2026.
Risk & quality
Port risk & quality
A coverage-weighted blend of recorded Port-State-Control detentions, marine casualties and live congestion at Istanbul. 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 0–10 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.
Community
Port Comments