What does this France daily port calls table measure?

This table measures the daily number of port calls in France and estimates seaborne import and export volumes in metric tonnes. The metrics are broken down by vessel types such as container ships, tankers, and cargo ships.

How are these French seaborne trade estimates calculated?

The estimates are derived by IMF PortWatch using satellite AIS vessel-tracking data for all French ports. They represent high-frequency trade indicators rather than official customs statistics.

What types of vessels are tracked in the France port calls data?

The tracked vessel categories include cargo ships, container ships, dry bulk carriers, general cargo ships, ro-ro ships, and tankers.

What is the coverage and frequency of this French maritime data?

The dataset is updated daily and provides continuous daily series starting from 2019.

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France daily port calls and seaborne trade

Name: France daily port calls and seaborne trade
Creator: IMF PortWatch (IMF and University of Oxford) – estimates from AIS vessel tracking, France
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

France daily port calls and estimated seaborne trade volumes are provided by IMF PortWatch.

Source: IMF PortWatch (IMF and University of Oxford) – estimates from AIS vessel tracking, FranceLast updated: Sep 15, 2026, 17:21Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	04-09-2026	03-09-2026	02-09-2026	01-09-2026	31-08-2026	30-08-2026	29-08-2026	28-08-2026	27-08-2026	26-08-2026	25-08-2026	24-08-2026	23-08-2026	22-08-2026	21-08-2026	20-08-2026	19-08-2026	18-08-2026	17-08-2026	16-08-2026	15-08-2026	14-08-2026	13-08-2026	12-08-2026	11-08-2026	10-08-2026	09-08-2026	08-08-2026	07-08-2026	06-08-2026	05-08-2026
Port calls, all vessel types2	57	50	43	54	49	44	41	65	49	50	70	37	57	56	58	45	48	42	49	47	38	52	49	57	54	69	40	59	55	57	50
Port calls, cargo ships4	30	28	26	37	25	27	16	31	31	37	42	20	34	33	32	28	29	26	26	26	16	28	30	32	28	43	26	37	24	36	31
Port calls, container ships	11	9	11	11	9	10	9	10	13	10	17	8	11	13	12	12	13	11	11	13	3	11	8	14	12	18	10	15	9	12	7
Port calls, dry bulk carriers	5	3	0	1	3	2	1	2	6	2	4	2	4	1	4	5	2	5	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	4	3	4	3	2	1
Port calls, general cargo ships	11	12	13	21	9	11	4	14	10	18	15	7	15	16	10	3	11	8	11	9	8	14	17	12	8	16	10	10	9	18	16
Port calls, ro-ro ships	3	4	2	4	4	4	2	5	2	7	6	3	4	3	6	8	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	6	5	3	8	3	4	7
Port calls, tankers	27	22	17	17	24	17	25	34	18	13	28	17	23	23	26	17	19	16	23	21	22	24	19	25	26	26	14	22	31	21	19
Estimated import volume7
Estimated import volume, all vessel types	781,678	314,124	217,194	147,467	361,644	281,584	291,570	360,291	379,263	301,200	379,995	251,647	307,196	348,811	580,190	299,628	283,901	276,461	363,334	406,703	110,819	400,309	461,791	328,158	397,204	247,904	451,888	663,154	500,086	357,269	266,135
Estimated import volume, cargo ships	455,346	64,600	14,579	51,364	52,982	223,488	25,375	62,306	100,947	210,699	130,945	67,287	141,169	79,998	282,097	147,558	80,366	143,789	36,205	166,628	26,980	214,906	222,430	64,088	79,035	75,302	275,321	244,928	120,132	84,126	204,654
Estimated import volume, container ships	302,741	49,840	3,080	34,323	24,952	127,241	22,792	11,743	14,917	104,480	32,820	33,247	23,716	59,019	182,566	31,386	50,616	33,222	30,250	12,878	3,440	165,679	86,287	58,054	10,985	56,712	198,445	97,297	18,348	35,274	194,289
Estimated import volume, dry bulk carriers	137,111	6,243	0	0	21,542	80,548	0	32,369	82,561	88,931	91,313	21,075	98,750	101	90,456	112,161	0	107,106	0	140,969	7,136	47,142	116,750	0	48,206	2,779	63,008	130,771	85,529	40,664	0
Estimated import volume, general cargo ships	14,961	8,199	11,081	14,827	5,520	9,950	1,379	17,788	3,378	15,243	5,330	6,380	17,770	20,361	7,114	1,288	26,673	2,728	3,633	11,709	12,680	2,084	19,392	5,718	18,841	15,280	12,863	13,676	15,127	8,187	7,439
Estimated import volume, ro-ro ships	532	316	417	2,212	967	5,749	1,204	405	89	2,044	1,479	6,584	932	516	1,961	2,723	3,075	733	2,322	1,072	3,724	0	0	316	1,001	531	1,003	3,181	1,127	0	2,926
Estimated import volume, tankers	326,328	249,522	202,612	96,100	308,661	58,092	266,192	297,982	278,312	90,500	249,049	184,356	166,024	268,811	298,089	152,070	203,534	132,670	327,128	240,074	83,837	185,401	239,361	264,068	318,165	172,598	176,565	418,225	379,951	273,142	61,478
Estimated export volume7
Estimated export volume, all vessel types	106,067	123,872	128,487	163,530	196,667	54,725	116,086	142,276	236,749	84,647	165,269	78,366	166,960	103,176	91,439	171,133	262,706	114,147	87,270	148,494	154,204	233,977	86,613	239,515	91,450	217,181	134,201	149,906	135,592	139,944	179,879
Estimated export volume, cargo ships	58,198	106,368	93,963	148,760	75,628	36,641	35,818	110,940	149,469	52,410	147,952	46,623	109,413	71,433	51,588	90,679	251,654	86,378	62,758	65,059	87,902	121,344	46,800	130,250	50,649	161,122	97,314	102,990	99,477	88,133	140,198
Estimated export volume, container ships	28,514	50,752	82,114	90,436	50,177	22,833	19,905	88,950	65,865	37,255	103,837	39,266	37,358	29,801	14,722	47,532	229,167	66,728	17,822	61,185	18,711	74,582	19,807	91,511	43,290	37,412	38,507	95,068	68,442	68,392	90,015
Estimated export volume, dry bulk carriers	21,754	43,595	0	42,613	20,961	0	8,317	11,963	63,665	0	27,231	5,948	61,342	25,455	24,482	38,073	14,189	5,108	35,626	0	60,802	15,945	0	28,687	2,712	98,435	32,100	29	19,283	2,884	34,146
Estimated export volume, general cargo ships	7,164	10,201	11,159	15,259	4,185	13,403	7,596	7,457	16,542	13,701	13,883	220	9,749	14,953	10,276	955	6,331	13,666	9,307	3,407	6,729	30,815	21,287	9,866	2,430	23,848	25,067	5,509	10,160	13,836	14,333
Estimated export volume, ro-ro ships	765	1,817	690	452	304	404	0	2,569	3,395	1,454	2,999	1,188	963	1,222	2,107	4,118	1,967	875	0	467	1,659	0	5,705	185	2,216	1,424	1,640	2,383	1,592	3,019	1,701
Estimated export volume, tankers	47,865	17,504	34,521	14,767	121,038	18,084	80,266	31,333	87,279	32,237	17,317	31,743	57,545	31,741	39,849	80,454	11,050	27,766	24,512	83,433	66,300	112,631	39,812	109,263	40,800	56,055	36,885	46,914	36,113	51,808	39,679

Latest reading

Port calls, all vessel types stood at 57 Port calls in Sep 4, 2026. That is +14.0% from Sep 3, 2026 and −9.5% from a year earlier. The series on this page is daily and runs from Jan 1, 2019 to Sep 4, 2026. Source: IMF PortWatch (IMF and University of Oxford) – estimates from AIS vessel tracking, France.

Latest: 57 Port calls; Sep 4, 2026
vs previous period: +14.0%; Sep 3, 2026
vs a year earlier: −9.5%

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About this data

France daily port calls and estimated seaborne trade volumes are provided by IMF PortWatch. This dataset tracks the daily number of port calls and estimated import and export volumes in metric tonnes since 2019. It breaks down maritime traffic by vessel types, including cargo ships, container ships, tankers, dry bulk carriers, and ro-ro ships. These high-frequency indicators are derived from satellite AIS vessel-tracking data.

Frequently asked questions

What does this France daily port calls table measure?: This table measures the daily number of port calls in France and estimates seaborne import and export volumes in metric tonnes. The metrics are broken down by vessel types such as container ships, tankers, and cargo ships.
How are these French seaborne trade estimates calculated?: The estimates are derived by IMF PortWatch using satellite AIS vessel-tracking data for all French ports. They represent high-frequency trade indicators rather than official customs statistics.
What types of vessels are tracked in the France port calls data?: The tracked vessel categories include cargo ships, container ships, dry bulk carriers, general cargo ships, ro-ro ships, and tankers.
What is the coverage and frequency of this French maritime data?: The dataset is updated daily and provides continuous daily series starting from 2019.