Technical Data
Port Specifications
- UNLOCODE
- GBSOU
- Port Type
- Container
- Terminals
- 4
- Berth Count
- 12
- Max Draught
- 14 m
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Conditions
Current Weather
Overview
About This Port
The UK's second-largest container port and its busiest cruise terminal. Located on the Solent with double-tide advantage.
Location
Coordinates
50.8979°N, 1.4039°W
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Live Data
Port Congestion
30-Day Berth Occupancy Trend
Waiting Vessels Trend
Port-call activity
Arrivals, time in port and cargo operations detected from AIS — the position-inferred congestion signal, with the full dwell distribution rather than a single average.
- · 6 h
- · 4 h
- in port
- · 3 h
- · 6 h
- · 3 h
- · 4 h
- · 6 h
- · 15 h
- · 3 h
- · 8 h
- · 6 h
- · 18 h
- · 4 h
- · 8 h
- · 11 h
- · 7 h
- · 10 h
- · 4 h
- · 6 h
- · 3 h
- · 7 h
- · 6 h
- · 14 h
- · 6 h
Expected arrivals
9 inboundVessels underway broadcasting a destination that resolves to this port, closest first. Distance is the real sea route (around land and through canals); the computed ETA is at the vessel’s passage speed. The crew’s own reported ETA is shown alongside for comparison.
| Vessel | Type | Distance | Speed | ETA (computed) | Crew ETA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK RIGEL | Container Ship | 30 nm | 3.5 kn | 30 Jun | 30 Jun |
| AURORA | Passenger Ship | 335 nm | 16.2 kn | 1 Jul | 1 Jul |
| CELTIC FORESTER | General Cargo | 445 nm | 10.2 kn | 2 Jul | 2 Jul |
| TITUS | Vehicles Carrier | 722 nm | 15.1 kn | 2 Jul | 1 Jul |
| BYD EXPLORER NO.1 | Vehicles Carrier | 738 nm | 13.8 kn | 2 Jul | 1 Jul |
| TORRENS | Vehicles Carrier | 738 nm | 13.8 kn | 2 Jul | 1 Jul |
| SIDER TRADER | Bulk Carrier | 986 nm | 9.8 kn | 4 Jul | 3 Jul |
| TONGALA | Vehicles Carrier | 2551 nm | 17.4 kn | 6 Jul | 5 Jul |
| SFL HAWAII | Container Ship | ~2609 nm | 8.3 kn | — | 3 Jul |
Risk & quality
Port risk & quality
A coverage-weighted blend of recorded Port-State-Control detentions, marine casualties and live congestion at Port of Southampton. Higher means more risk exposure for a ship calling here — it is a count of recorded events, not a judgement of the port's management.
Built from 67% of the three signals.
Method. Each signal is normalised to 0–10 against an empirical cap, then blended weighting safety (detentions 0.40, casualties 0.35) above operational congestion (0.25). A port is scored only on the signals it has data for, and the weights renormalise — a missing signal is never credited as a safe 0.
Coverage. PSC and casualty data here is regional (US, UK, Canada), so most ports show only congestion and carry a low-confidence flag. Detention/casualty counts come from a country-scoped name match (≈60% of US detentions resolve); unmatched records are dropped, not force-fit.
Detention and casualty signals are screened against open port-state-control and marine-casualty records, combined with our own AIS-derived congestion. Updated Jun 23, 2026.
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