
Technical Data
Conditions
Overview
The largest port in Greece and one of the busiest in the Mediterranean. Operated by COSCO, it has become a key gateway between Asia and Europe.
Location
37.9333°N, 23.6500°E
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Port Congestion
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSC BELLE | Container Ship | 6 nm | 10.0 kn | 27 Aug | 27 Aug+6h | 27 Aug |
| NIREAS K | Oil Products Tanker | 6 nm | 8.4 kn | 27 Aug | 27 Aug+6h | — |
| MSC GRETA III | Container Ship | 18 nm | 1.3 kn | 27 Aug | 28 Aug+7h | 27 Aug |
| MSC DORINE | Container Ship | 31 nm | 7.0 kn | 27 Aug | 28 Aug+21h | 27 Aug |
| SEAVEN SKY | Cement Carrier | 42 nm | 12.3 kn | 27 Aug | 28 Aug+20h | — |
| GWEN | Heavy Lift Vessel | 143 nm | 10.4 kn | 28 Aug | 29 Aug+34h | 28 Aug |
| AURORA | Passenger Ship | 144 nm | 16.3 kn | 28 Aug | — | 28 Aug |
| SC MEMPHIS | Container Ship | 190 nm | 13.3 kn | 28 Aug | 29 Aug+33h | 28 Aug |
| MSC PRATITI | Container Ship | 1020 nm | 15.9 kn | 30 Aug | 31 Aug+28h | 30 Aug |
Network
How central Port of Piraeus 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 0–100 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 Aug 27, 2026.
Risk & quality
A coverage-weighted blend of recorded Port-State-Control detentions, marine casualties and live congestion at Port of Piraeus. 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 Aug 27, 2026.
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