Mount Eden port and ships, live
Auckland handles cargo: the World Port Index lists container berths, ramps for roll-on, roll-off ships, dry bulk berths, liquid bulk berths and general cargo berths.
Right now · as of
23 ships on the map within 10 km of Auckland, 11 under way.
Passenger / Ferries 14, Cargo 3, Sailing / Leisure 3, Tugs / Service 2 and Other / Unidentified 1
The harbour
The Index rates Auckland a large river harbour. It lists container berths, ramps for roll-on, roll-off ships, dry bulk berths, liquid bulk berths, general cargo berths, yards for major repairs and a dry dock there. It takes ships up to 320 m long, through a channel at least 12.5 m deep.
Harbours within 10 km
- Auckland5 km from the centreLarge harbour · counted on the page for Auckland
- Manukau Harbor6 km from the centreMedium-sized harbour · counted on the page for Auckland
What the live map can see
In 24 hours of AIS recorded Oct 12 – 19, the map heard 63 different ships within 10 km of Auckland.
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