Update: New Terrestrial AIS Stations September 2015

• Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
• Brighton, United Kingdom
• Dublin, Ireland
• Ereğli Turkey

• Labuan, Malaysia
• Lanzarote, Spain
• Pedasi, Panama
• Malaga, Spain

• Meadow Springs, Australia
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Soyo, Angola
• Thunder Bay, Canada

Dublin, Ireland

Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Dublin is in the province of Leinster on Ireland’s east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey. Dublin Port has a long and remarkable history, dating back 300 years from 1707 to 2007. It handles almost 50% of the Republic’s trade, two thirds of all containerised trade and is the largest of the three base ports on the island of Ireland, the others being Belfast and Cork. Dublin Port also handles over 1.76 million tourists every year.

see Port of: Dublin, Ireland

Ereğli, Turkey

Karadeniz Ereğli is a city and district in Zonguldak Province of Turkey, on the Black Sea shore at the mouth of the Kılıçsu River. It has a large natural harbour, located in the lee of Baba Burnu and therefore one of the few geographically attractive places for a harbour on the western Black Sea coast of Turkey. Ereğli is a very lively coastal town, well developed due to the presence of the steel plant. Fishing is a major commercial activity in addition.

see Port of: Ereğli, Turkey

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Port of Rio de Janeiro is Brazil’s third busiest port in terms of cargo volume, and it is the center for cruise vessels. Located on the west coast of the Guanabara Bay, it serves the Sates of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Espirito Santo. The Port of Rio de Janeiro covers territory from the Maua Pier in the east to the Wharf of the Cashew in the north. It contains almost seven thousand meters of continuous wharf and an 883-meter pier.

see Port of: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Thunder Bay, Canada

The Port of Thunder Bay is located at the head of the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway System, a dynamic navigable waterway that stretches 3700 kilometres into the heart of the North American continent. A one-way voyage through the Seaway to Thunder Bay takes about five days. Cargoes like grain, coal, potash, forest products, manufactured goods and dimensional cargoes are shipped throughout the world via Thunder Bay’s many port facilities.

see Port of: Thunder Bay, Canada

Las Tablas, Panama

Las Tablas is the capital of the Panamanian province of Los Santos. It is located a few kilometers inland from the Gulf of Panama on the Azuero Peninsula. According to folklore, the town takes its name, which translates as “The Boards”, from planks of wood salvaged from a Spanish ship used to construct the first houses in the town. The ship had run aground on the coast near the city’s future location after fleeing Panama City before the arrival of Henry Morgan.

Malaga, Spain

The Port of Málaga is an international seaport located in the city of Málaga in southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. It is the oldest continuously-operated port in Spain and one of the oldest in the Mediterranean. The port is dominated by imports, principally an annual throughput of nearly 2 million tonnes of break bulk within a total annual throughput of 3.1 million tonnes. Major imports include cement, clinker coal, cereals, grains, petroleum coke and fertilizers.

see Port of: Malaga, Spain

Soyo, Zaire Province, Angola

The port of Soyo is a port, subdivided into three areas, whose exploitation is the responsibility of three different companies. The first area was granted to the industrial Kwanda Base lda, which handles most of the port activity. The second area is the private terminal of Petromar, and handles oil & gas related cargoes. The third part is under the jurisdiction of the commercial port of Soyo, whose activities are largely outweighed by the first in terms of cargo volumes.

see Port of: Soyo, Angola

Labuan, Malaysia

Labuan is a federal territory of Malaysia off the coast of Borneo in East Malaysia. It is made up of the homonymous Labuan Island and six smaller islands, and is located off the coast of the state of Sabah. The name Labuan derives from the Malay word labuhan which means harbour. The economy of Labuan thrives on its vast oil and gas resources and international investment and banking services. Labuan is a very much an import-export oriented economy.

see Port of: Labuan, Malaysia

Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

Fujairah is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, and the only one of the seven that has a coastline solely on the Gulf of Oman and none on the Persian Gulf. Port of Fujairah is the only multi-purpose port on the Eastern seaboard of the United Arab Emirates, approximately 70 nautical miles from the Straits of Hormuz. Initial Construction of the Port started in 1978 as part of the economic development of the UAE.

see Port of: Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

Meadow Springs, Australia

Meadow Springs is a suburb of Mandurah, immediately northeast of Mandurah’s central area. This suburb name is derived from Meadow Springs Estate and golf course, development of which began in 1988. It was previously known as Mandurah Park. The nearest Port to Meadow Springs is Fremantle.

see Port of: Meadow Springs, Australia

Brighton, United Kingdom

Brighton today is a far cry from the city’s beginnings as two distinct and tiny Saxon fishing villages. Built on the fishing trade, much of Brighthelmstone and its economy was destroyed in the great floods of the early 18th Century. Later that century Brighton’s fortunes began to change and the first steps were taken in its transformation into one of the country’s most popular seaside resorts.

see Port of: Brighton, United Kingdom

Lanzarote, Spain

Lanzarote, a Spanish island, is the easternmost of the autonomous Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. Tourism is the Canary Islands’ main industry, with millions of people coming from all over the world to sample the delights of Lanzarote every year. There are large ferry boats that link islands as well as fast ferries linking most of the islands. Both types can transport large numbers of passengers and cargo.