Port · GBKWL, GB

Port of Kirkwall

Port of Kirkwall (GBKWL, GB) is a very small port at 58.98° N, 2.97° W. In the last 7 days AIS Trail recorded 77 arrivals and 70 departures here; 19 vessels called in the last 30 days, most of them passenger ships.

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Port of Kirkwall in the API

Every arrival and departure at Port of Kirkwall, 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/32440/calls?from=2026-10-10&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
• 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.

Not for navigation. AIS data can be missing, delayed or wrong; do not use it for navigation, collision avoidance, search and rescue or any other safety-of-life purpose.