Ekeren, Belgium port and ships, live

The nearest harbour to Ekeren is Antwerpen, 7 km from the centre.

  • 134ships near the port
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Right now · as of

134 ships on the map within 10 km of Antwerpen, 15 under way.

Cargo 52, Other / Unidentified 31, Passenger / Ferries 20, Tankers 18 and Sailing / Leisure 7

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The harbour

The Index rates Antwerpen a large river harbour behind tide gates. It lists yards for major repairs and a dry dock there. Its entrance channel is at least 11 m deep. Ice can restrict the way in. Antwerp, 3 km away, is one of the major ports the map marks.

Harbours within 10 km

What the live map can see

In 24 hours of AIS recorded Oct 12 – 19, the map heard 1,079 different ships within 10 km of Antwerpen, one of the best-covered harbours on the map.

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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