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Port of Mellitah (Qasr Ahmed)

Libya

UN/LOCODELYMELWhat is a UN/LOCODE?32.6° N, 15.35° ELocal timeAfrica/Tripoli, UTC+2

In short

Mellitah (Qasr Ahmed): no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 1, 2026, 21:39 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

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Arrivals, last 24 h
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Departures, last 24 h
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Ships nearby, last 6 h
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Vessels near Mellitah (Qasr Ahmed)

Ships Voydar 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 Mellitah (Qasr Ahmed) in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.

Forecast

Model forecast for Mellitah (Qasr Ahmed) 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)
1141°171624
1236°161.1624
1348°181.3724
1236°161.3724
1362°181.3724
1068°151.3724
1060°141.3824
1253°161.3824
1068°151.2824
752°121.2824
363°71.1824

Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 1, 2026, 12:00 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, 15 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.

Mellitah (Qasr Ahmed): 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 Voydar's counts.

The IMF estimates 0 port calls in the 7 days and 4 in the 30 days to Sep 25, 2026. That is 20% less than the same 30 days a year earlier (5).

Container
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Tanker
3
Dry bulk
0
General cargo
1
Ro-ro
0

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

IMF PortWatch daily figures for Mellitah (Qasr Ahmed), last 14 days
09-12
0
09-13
0
09-14
0
09-15
0
09-16
0
09-17
0
09-18
1
09-19
0
09-20
0
09-21
0
09-22
0
09-23
0
09-24
0
09-25
0

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).

Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby

1 incident within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Aug 17, 2016. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

  • Pirate AssaultAug 17, 2016Cargo Ship24 km away

    LIBYA: On 17 August, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported that Luxemburg-flagged tug supply vessel BOURBON ARGOS was taking part in migrant rescue operations 24 nm north of Libyan coast, vicinity 32-46N 15-11E, when they were "approached and attacked by a group of armed men onboard an unidentified speedboat.¿ Subsequently, a Libyan Navy spokesman claimed that Libyan forces had approached the BOURBON ARGOS after its crew refused to identify themselves. The navy spokesman denied that Libyan for

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