Boston, England, United Kingdom port and ships, live
The nearest harbour to Boston, England is Boston, 0.6 mi from the centre.
The harbour
The Index rates Boston a small river harbour behind tide gates. Its entrance channel is at least 4.9 m deep.
Harbours within 6 mi
- Boston, England0.6 mi from the centreSmall harbour
What the live map can see
In 24 hours of AIS recorded Oct 12 – 19, the map heard no ship within 6 mi of Boston. Small boats need not carry AIS, and the receivers TAKIP draws on may not reach here.
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
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