General

Port

Sfax

Name: Sfax
Address: Tunisia

Tunisia

TNSFA

Technical Data

Port Specifications

UNLOCODE: TNSFA
Port Type: General
Terminals: 2
Berth Count: 30
Max Draught: 12.6 m
Country: 🇹🇳 Tunisia

Conditions

Current Weather

Overview

About This Port

Sfax is a major port city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate, and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a population of 341,999. Its main industries include phosphate, olive and nut processing, fishing and international trade. The city is the second-most populous in the country after the capital, Tunis.

Location

Coordinates

34.7333°N, 10.7667°E

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Live Data

Port Congestion

Waiting Vessels

Avg Wait Time

At Anchorage

Berth Occupancy

17%Low

30-Day Berth Occupancy Trend

<30%

30-70%

>70%

Waiting Vessels Trend

Port-call activity

Full traffic board

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

Arrivals · 7d

Median dwell

25 h

P90 dwell

35 h

long-tail wait

0 loaded 1 dischargedover 4 completed calls

Recent calls

GOLDEN BAY
in port
MEGA REGINA
in port
TAGUS RIVER
in port
SUNMI
in port
LADY DARYA
· 4 h
GOLDEN BAY
in port
SYNETOS
in port
X PRESS MULHACEN
· 31 h
BOKA
in port
BAM DESPINA
· 37 h
MEDKON SUN
· 18 h

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). 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
MIRO G	Bulk Carrier	221 nm	10.7 kn	28 Aug	30 Aug+42h	28 Aug
VASSILIS A	Container Ship	361 nm	7.6 kn	29 Aug	30 Aug+30h	28 Aug

Risk & quality

Port risk & quality

0.0/ 10

Low exposureLow confidence

A coverage-weighted blend of recorded Port-State-Control detentions, marine casualties and live congestion at Sfax. 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

0.0/ 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 Aug 27, 2026.

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Vessel

Type

Distance

Speed

Off port

Alongside

Crew ETA

MIRO G

Bulk Carrier

221 nm

10.7 kn

28 Aug

30 Aug+42h

28 Aug

VASSILIS A

Container Ship

361 nm

7.6 kn

29 Aug

30 Aug+30h

28 Aug