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Port of Iquitos

Peru

UN/LOCODEPEIQTWhat is a UN/LOCODE?3.75° S, 73.2333° WLocal timeAmerica/Lima, UTC-5

In short

Iquitos: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 1, 2026, 19:45 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.

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In port now
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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 Iquitos

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 Iquitos in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.

Harbour & facilities

Harbour particulars for Iquitos from the NGA World Port Index (WPI port no. 12570). Depths in metres as charted by NGA.

Harbour size
Small
Harbour type
River (natural)
Shelter
Excellent
Channel depth
6 m
Cargo pier depth
6 m
Oil terminal depth
6 m
Mean tide
2 m
Repairs
Limited

Source: NGA World Port Index (Pub. 150). Licence: US Government public domain.

Not for navigation.

Forecast

Model forecast for Iquitos 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)
2276°14NaNNaN24
3269°5NaNNaN24
471°9NaNNaN24
4247°9NaNNaN24
065°6NaNNaN23
2262°5NaNNaN24
3314°6NaNNaN14
312°8NaNNaN24
3348°10NaNNaN24
330°6NaNNaN24

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.

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.

Iquitos: 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 0 port calls in the 7 days and 0 in the 30 days to Sep 25, 2026.

Container
0
Tanker
0
Dry bulk
0
General cargo
0
Ro-ro
0
IMF PortWatch daily figures for Iquitos, last 14 days
09-12
0
09-13
0
09-14
0
09-15
0
09-16
0
09-17
0
09-18
0
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).

Iquitos: global benchmarks

How Iquitos 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
12.2
UNCTAD index (100 = the average port in Q1 2023). Unchanged 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 22, 1997. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:

  • Pirate AssaultJan 22, 1997Merchant Vessel76 km away

    South America The 14 passenger cruise vessel "Rio Amazonis" was boarded by bandits on Janury 22, 1997 while transiting the Amazon River between Peru and Colombia. The bandits came alongside the cruise vessel in a speed boat and crawled through an open window in the ship's galley. The bandits, armed with pistols, terrorized the crew and passengers and took about $20,000 (US) in cash and jewelry. They stole the ship's radio, fuel reserves, and food. None of the passengers or crew were seriously in

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