Nuuk
Nuuk port and ships, live
Nuuk 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.
The harbour
The Index rates Nuuk a small natural harbour on the coast. It takes ships up to 188 m long, through a channel at least 18.6 m deep. Ice can restrict the way in.
Harbours within 10 km
- Nuuk1 km from the centreSmall harbour
What the live map can see
In 24 hours of AIS recorded Oct 12 – 19, the map heard no ship within 10 km of Nuuk. Small boats need not carry AIS, and the receivers TAKIP draws on may not reach here.
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