Compared on 9 November 2026
A waiting time can be reported by a port, an agent or worked out from AIS. Agents' circulars carry local knowledge and the reason. Ours is worked out from what vessels actually did on AIS and does not know why she waited.
| Service | What is measured | Reach and history | Price, as listed on 9 November 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gangway AIS | Median and 90th-percentile waits from recorded anchoring to the qualifying recorded berth, seagoing vessels only, by vessel type, recomputed hourly. No median or 90th percentile below five vessels: the answer says there are too few. | Wherever we hear vessels, strongest in Europe. Not as a worldwide satellite service. Our record starts on 7 October 2026; port calls and monthly waiting reports at Danish and US ports reach further back from official archives. | Free account with data 24 hours behind. Data API Plus €49 a month for 20,000 credits, Pro €129 for 80,000, Scale €249 for 250,000. |
| Portcast | Vessels waiting at anchorage and total waiting time daily. Median, mean and upper percentiles of waiting and dwell weekly.12 | Over 1,000 ports. Up to two years of past data.34 | Not published.5 |
| VesselsValue (Veson) | A time series of average waiting time at a port, by vessel type.6 | The default range is one year back.7 | Not published.8 |
| ShipFinder | Their own congestion index.9 | Major container ports.9 | Not published. Quoted after a consultation.10 |
| Kpler | Past port congestion and events for port calls.1112 | Over 11 years of AIS behind it.13 | Not published.14 |
| Safecube | A free tool named Live Port Congestion. What it measures is not stated on the page read.15 | Not checked. | The tool is listed as free. API amounts not on the page read.15 |
AIS data can be late, missing or wrong. Not for navigation.
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