Jebel Ali
Jebel Ali port and ships, live
Jebel Ali is home to Dubai (Jebel Ali), one of the major container ports the map marks: 14.0M TEU a year, number 9 in the world by the map’s reference figures.
The harbour
The Index rates Mina Jebel Ali a large coastal harbour behind breakwaters. It lists yards for major repairs there. It takes ships up to 400 m long, through a channel at least 12.5 m deep.
Harbours within 10 km
- Mina Jebel Ali6 km from the centreLarge harbour
What the live map can see
In 24 hours of AIS recorded Oct 12 – 19, the map heard 89 different ships within 10 km of Dubai (Jebel Ali).
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