Newcastle
Newcastle port and ships, live
Newcastle 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
13 ships on the map within 10 km of Newcastle, none of them under way.
Cargo 9 and Tugs / Service 4
The harbour
The Index rates Newcastle a large coastal harbour behind breakwaters. It takes ships up to 300 m long, through a channel at least 17.7 m deep. A vessel traffic service watches the approaches.
Harbours within 10 km
- Newcastle2 km from the centreLarge harbour
What the live map can see
In 24 hours of AIS recorded Oct 12 – 19, the map heard 61 different ships within 10 km of Newcastle.
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