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Port of Belize City

Belize

UN/LOCODEBZBZEWhat is a UN/LOCODE?17.4983° N, 88.1762° WLocal timeAmerica/Belize, UTC-6

In short

Belize City: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 1, 2026, 19:48 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

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In port now
0
Arrivals, last 24 h
0
Departures, last 24 h
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Ships nearby, last 6 h
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Vessels near Belize City

Ships Seadar received on AIS near the port in the last 6 hours, most recent first. Being near a port is not a port call; the board above lists calls.

No vessels detected near Belize City in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.

Forecast

Model forecast for Belize City over the next 72 hours, every 6 hours: wind, gusts, waves and visibility. Times in UTC.

Time (UTC)Wind (kn)FromGusts (kn)Waves (m)Period (s)Visibility (km)
782°140.5624
886°160.6424
9137°150.8424
4142°60.6724
5132°120.5724
8107°130.5724
9124°130.7423
780°120.6724
7117°150.5617
690°120.4624

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 1, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 1, 2026, 12:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 19 km away.

Source: ECMWF open data (IFS 0.25° forecasts, ECMWF WAM waves). This service is based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Source: www.ecmwf.int. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Licence: CC-BY-4.0 + ECMWF Terms of Use.

Source: NOAA GFS 0.25° and GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III) forecasts. Forecast: NOAA NCEP GFS / GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III). Licence: US Government work (public domain); NOAA Open Data Dissemination.

A model forecast, not an observation. Not for navigation.

Belize City: daily port calls from satellite AIS (IMF PortWatch)

Estimates published by the International Monetary Fund's PortWatch, built from satellite and terrestrial AIS. They cover waters our own receivers do not reach yet. These are the IMF's figures, not Seadar's counts.

The IMF estimates 4 port calls in the 7 days and 16 in the 30 days to Sep 25, 2026. That is 0% more than the same 30 days a year earlier (16).

Container
11
Tanker
3
Dry bulk
0
General cargo
2
Ro-ro
0

Estimated cargo loaded and discharged in those 30 days: 0 million tonnes.

IMF PortWatch daily figures for Belize City, last 14 days
09-12
1
09-13
0
09-14
2
09-15
0
09-16
0
09-17
0
09-18
0
09-19
1
09-20
0
09-21
0
09-22
1
09-23
1
09-24
0
09-25
1

Sources: Kpler; UN Global Platform; IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org). IMF estimates, updated weekly; the latest days are revised. portwatch.imf.org. Counts cover container ships, tankers, dry bulk, general cargo and ro-ro vessels (30-day totals above).

Belize City: global benchmarks

How Belize City compares with the world's ports, from published statistics. These are the publishers' figures, not Seadar's own measurements.

Port liner shipping connectivity, 2 2026
26.3
UNCTAD index (100 = the average port in Q1 2023). Up 73% on a year earlier.
Source: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Data Hub, port liner shipping connectivity index (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved Sep 24, 2026.

Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby

1 incident within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Jan 13, 2016. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

  • Pirate AssaultJan 13, 2016Sailing Vessel29 km away

    BELIZE: On 13 January near position 17-15N 088-05W, four robbers armed with guns boarded an anchored sailing yacht near Middle Long Cay. The robbers sexually assaulted a female passenger and stole cash, electronics, passports and an outboard motor.

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