Port · USHOU, US

Port of Houston

Port of Houston (USHOU, US) is a large port at 29.75° N, 95.28° W. In the last 7 days AIS Trail recorded 158 arrivals and 135 departures here; 83 vessels called in the last 30 days, most of them tugs and service vessels.

Activity

Arrivals, 7 days158
Departures, 7 days135
Vessels, 30 days83
Port calls, 30 days158
Vessel typeVessels, 30 days
Tugs & service55
Cargo15
Tanker8
Other3
Passenger2

Recent arrivals

VesselTypeArrived (UTC)Departed (UTC)
CAPT. STEVETugs & service16 Oct 2026, 23:23 UTCNo departure yet
WILLIAM MTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 21:47 UTCNo departure yet
EVATugs & service16 Oct 2026, 21:47 UTCNo departure yet
DOUG BARKERTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 21:33 UTCNo departure yet
SAM HOUSTONPassenger16 Oct 2026, 21:06 UTCNo departure yet
CAROLTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 21:01 UTCNo departure yet
SAN BLASTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 20:47 UTCNo departure yet
BC PUSHER 4Tugs & service16 Oct 2026, 20:00 UTC16 Oct 2026, 22:01 UTC
CAPT. STEVETugs & service16 Oct 2026, 17:45 UTC16 Oct 2026, 18:39 UTC
SAM HOUSTONPassenger16 Oct 2026, 16:28 UTC16 Oct 2026, 20:05 UTC
SAN MIGUELTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 13:46 UTCNo departure yet
MACY LYNNTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 13:11 UTC16 Oct 2026, 14:36 UTC
MAREX MIATanker16 Oct 2026, 10:41 UTCNo departure yet
WILLIAM MTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 10:41 UTC16 Oct 2026, 13:10 UTC
LEIGHTON KTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 10:41 UTC16 Oct 2026, 11:31 UTC
SAN JOSETugs & service16 Oct 2026, 09:44 UTC16 Oct 2026, 14:23 UTC
CAPTAIN RAPHAELTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 07:51 UTC16 Oct 2026, 18:08 UTC
SAN BLASTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 07:35 UTC16 Oct 2026, 14:45 UTC
EVATugs & service16 Oct 2026, 04:42 UTC16 Oct 2026, 10:31 UTC
PAC ACHERNARCargo16 Oct 2026, 04:42 UTCNo departure yet
EDEN KTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 04:41 UTC16 Oct 2026, 05:25 UTC
WILLIAM MTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC16 Oct 2026, 05:24 UTC
STUDTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 02:01 UTC16 Oct 2026, 21:11 UTC
ELLE ALEXANDRAOther16 Oct 2026, 01:46 UTC16 Oct 2026, 02:38 UTC
BETH WILLIAMSTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 01:26 UTC16 Oct 2026, 02:43 UTC

Recent departures

VesselTypeDeparted (UTC)Next port
MEG KENNEDY MOORETugs & service16 Oct 2026, 22:19 UTC–
BC PUSHER 4Tugs & service16 Oct 2026, 22:01 UTC–
STUDTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 21:11 UTC–
SAM HOUSTONPassenger16 Oct 2026, 20:05 UTCHouston USHOU
CAPT. STEVETugs & service16 Oct 2026, 18:39 UTCHouston USHOU
CAPTAIN RAPHAELTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 18:08 UTC–
SAM HOUSTONPassenger16 Oct 2026, 15:28 UTCHouston USHOU
SAN BLASTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 14:45 UTCSinco US
MACY LYNNTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 14:36 UTCNorsworthy US
SAN JOSETugs & service16 Oct 2026, 14:23 UTC–
ITHOMICargo16 Oct 2026, 13:14 UTC–
WILLIAM MTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 13:10 UTCSinco US
THE DEACONTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 13:08 UTCNorsworthy US
LEIGHTON KTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 11:31 UTCNorsworthy US
EVATugs & service16 Oct 2026, 10:31 UTCPasadena USPAS
IPSEA COLOSSUSCargo16 Oct 2026, 05:33 UTC–
EDEN KTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 05:25 UTCSinco US
WILLIAM MTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 05:24 UTCSinco US
BETH WILLIAMSTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 02:43 UTC–
ELLE ALEXANDRAOther16 Oct 2026, 02:38 UTCSinco US
JACQUES-IMOTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 02:18 UTC–
ASHLEY ANNETugs & service15 Oct 2026, 22:48 UTCBaytown USHPY
BETH WILLIAMSTugs & service15 Oct 2026, 22:05 UTCHouston USHOU
KATHY SWANGOTugs & service15 Oct 2026, 21:19 UTC–
WINSTON MATTHEWTugs & service15 Oct 2026, 19:41 UTCPasadena USPAS

Port details

NameHouston
Other names–
UN/LOCODEUSHOU
Country codeUS
Position29.75° N, 95.28° W
Harbour sizeLarge
Harbour typeRiver (Tide Gates)
Port area used for port calls7 km around the position

Port of Houston in the API

Every arrival and departure at Port of Houston, with draught changes and previous and next ports, is available through the AIS Trail API. A free key covers the last 7 days of history; paid plans cover the last 12 months, and Pro and Business add live positions.

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIS_TRAIL_KEY" \
  "https://api.aistrail.com/v1/ports/9240/calls?from=2026-10-11&event=arrival"

Sources

  • Live AIS via aisstream.io, provided without warranty. No published terms
  • Contains data from the Danish Maritime Authority that is used in accordance with the conditions for the use of Danish public data. Conditions for the use of Danish public data
  • Open Waters AIS (https://openwaters.io/ais/), with each event's own source credit (mostly AISHub (https://www.aishub.net) and aisstream.io). Per-event source licence; not merged
  • Port reference: UN/LOCODE, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), https://unlocode.unece.org, license CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Modified: port entries selected, deduplicated and merged with the World Port Index.
  • Port reference: World Port Index (Pub. 150), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

Flags come from the MMSI country code, deadweight and size class are estimates from AIS dimensions, port calls are detected by AIS Trail from position reports. All sources and licences: Data sources.

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