Arīsh
Arīsh port and ships, live
Al Arish handles cargo: the World Port Index lists ramps for roll-on, roll-off ships, dry bulk berths and general cargo berths.
The harbour
The Index rates Al Arish a medium-sized coastal harbour behind breakwaters. It takes ships up to 250 m long, through a channel at least 13 m deep.
Harbours within 10 km
- Al Arish4 km from the centreMedium-sized harbour
What the live map can see
In 24 hours of AIS recorded Oct 12 – 19, the map heard only 19 ships within 10 km of Al Arish: reception here is patchy, so most ships won’t show.
Good to know
- NGA’s World Port Index rates a harbour by its area, facilities and wharf space when it was last surveyed, not by its traffic, so a busy terminal can be rated small. Where it doesn’t know about a facility it says so, and only what it marks as there is listed here.
- AIS is heard by receivers on shore, so coverage follows where they are: ships far out at sea, or off coasts without one, don’t show. Warships and some others switch it off, and a ship’s type and destination are typed in by its crew.
- Harbours from NGA’s World Port Index (Pub. 150), downloaded on Oct 19, 2026. The major ports and chokepoints are the map’s own reference list.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Live ship tracker, Shipping chokepoints