Port · USORF, US

Port of Norfolk

Port of Norfolk (USORF, US) is a large port at 36.85° N, 76.30° W. In the last 7 days AIS Trail recorded 229 arrivals and 158 departures here; 123 vessels called in the last 30 days, most of them tugs and service vessels.

Activity

Arrivals, 7 days229
Departures, 7 days158
Vessels, 30 days123
Port calls, 30 days229
Vessel typeVessels, 30 days
Tugs & service62
Cargo30
Other10
Passenger6
High speed2

Recent arrivals

VesselTypeArrived (UTC)Departed (UTC)
CLAYTON W MORANTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 23:04 UTCNo departure yet
KAYLA TTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 22:57 UTCNo departure yet
INTRA RECOILTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 21:43 UTCNo departure yet
ANGELINA AUTUMNTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 20:23 UTCNo departure yet
BART L.Tugs & service16 Oct 2026, 20:04 UTCNo departure yet
WILLIAM E POOLETugs & service16 Oct 2026, 19:48 UTCNo departure yet
MISS ANNETugs & service16 Oct 2026, 18:45 UTCNo departure yet
MISS JENNIFERTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 18:09 UTCNo departure yet
SPIRIT OF NORFOLKPassenger16 Oct 2026, 17:53 UTC16 Oct 2026, 23:18 UTC
WILLIAM E POOLETugs & service16 Oct 2026, 15:40 UTC16 Oct 2026, 18:03 UTC
CHOPTANKTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 15:06 UTCNo departure yet
WASHINGTONTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 15:05 UTCNo departure yet
PATRICIA B. MORANTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 14:46 UTCNo departure yet
DELTATugs & service16 Oct 2026, 14:35 UTCNo departure yet
CAPE MAYTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 14:33 UTC16 Oct 2026, 18:26 UTC
ROARING POINT–16 Oct 2026, 14:27 UTCNo departure yet
PAUL T. MORANTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTCNo departure yet
MAVERICKTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 14:07 UTC16 Oct 2026, 16:00 UTC
CLAYTON W MORANTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC16 Oct 2026, 21:44 UTC
FREEDOM ELITEPassenger16 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTCNo departure yet
CLAIRE HOLLANDTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 13:32 UTC16 Oct 2026, 23:10 UTC
MR. PAUL MUTTATugs & service16 Oct 2026, 13:31 UTC16 Oct 2026, 19:51 UTC
MARIACargo16 Oct 2026, 12:50 UTCNo departure yet
LARRY GRAVELYTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC16 Oct 2026, 12:40 UTC
MERRIMACTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 10:51 UTC16 Oct 2026, 12:46 UTC

Recent departures

VesselTypeDeparted (UTC)Next port
SPIRIT OF NORFOLKPassenger16 Oct 2026, 23:18 UTC–
CLAIRE HOLLANDTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 23:10 UTCPortsmouth USPTM
CLAYTON W MORANTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 21:44 UTCNorfolk USORF
EVER MAXCargo16 Oct 2026, 21:43 UTC–
MR. PAUL MUTTATugs & service16 Oct 2026, 19:51 UTCPortsmouth USPTM
CAPE MAYTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 18:26 UTCPortsmouth USPTM
WILLIAM E POOLETugs & service16 Oct 2026, 18:03 UTCNorfolk USORF
PINNERS POINTTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 16:30 UTCNewport News USNNS
SPIRIT OF NORFOLKPassenger16 Oct 2026, 16:21 UTCNorfolk USORF
MAVERICKTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 16:00 UTCPortsmouth USPTM
LORETTETugs & service16 Oct 2026, 14:52 UTCPortsmouth USPTM
BART L.Tugs & service16 Oct 2026, 14:40 UTCNorfolk USORF
MISS ANNETugs & service16 Oct 2026, 12:55 UTCNorfolk USORF
MERRIMACTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 12:46 UTCPortsmouth USPTM
LARRY GRAVELYTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 12:40 UTC–
PATRICIATugs & service16 Oct 2026, 12:13 UTCPortsmouth USPTM
MISS JENNIFERTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 12:07 UTCNorfolk USORF
DELTATugs & service16 Oct 2026, 11:56 UTCPortsmouth USPTM
PATRICIA B. MORANTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 11:54 UTCPortsmouth USPTM
VIATOROther16 Oct 2026, 11:22 UTC–
CLAYTON W MORANTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 10:55 UTCPortsmouth USPTM
PAUL T. MORANTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 10:54 UTCPortsmouth USPTM
WILLIAM E POOLETugs & service16 Oct 2026, 10:40 UTCNorfolk USORF
JANE MCALLISTERTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 09:43 UTC–
TIMOTHY MCALLISTERTugs & service16 Oct 2026, 09:39 UTC–

Port details

NameNorfolk
Other names–
UN/LOCODEUSORF
Country codeUS
Position36.85° N, 76.30° W
Harbour sizeLarge
Harbour typeRiver (Natural)
Port area used for port calls7 km around the position

Port of Norfolk in the API

Every arrival and departure at Port of Norfolk, 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/8280/calls?from=2026-10-11&event=arrival"

Sources

  • Live AIS via aisstream.io, provided without warranty. No published terms
  • 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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