Carrickfergus, United Kingdom port and ships, live

The nearest harbour to Carrickfergus is Kilroot, 3.7 mi from the centre.

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Right now · as of

5 ships on the map within 6 mi of Kilroot, 4 under way.

Passenger / Ferries 2, Other / Unidentified 1, Tugs / Service 1 and Tankers 1

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The harbour

The Index rates Kilroot a small natural harbour on the coast. It lists liquid bulk berths and an oil terminal there. It takes ships up to 285 m long.

Harbours within 6 mi

What the live map can see

In 24 hours of AIS recorded Oct 12 – 19, the map heard 41 different ships within 6 mi of Kilroot.

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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