Port · USBOS, US

Port of Boston

Port of Boston (USBOS, US) is a large port at 42.35° N, 71.05° W. In the last 7 days AIS Trail recorded 226 arrivals and 177 departures here; 92 vessels called in the last 30 days, most of them passenger ships.

Activity

Arrivals, 7 days226
Departures, 7 days177
Vessels, 30 days92
Port calls, 30 days226
Vessel typeVessels, 30 days
Passenger37
Tugs & service28
Other10
Cargo6
Tanker6

Recent arrivals

VesselTypeArrived (UTC)Departed (UTC)
SALACIAHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 23:09 UTC15 Oct 2026, 23:45 UTC
ASTERIAHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 22:38 UTC15 Oct 2026, 23:08 UTC
CETACEAPassenger15 Oct 2026, 21:03 UTC15 Oct 2026, 21:41 UTC
SANCTUARYHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 20:44 UTC15 Oct 2026, 21:14 UTC
PROVINCETOWN IVPassenger15 Oct 2026, 20:36 UTC15 Oct 2026, 21:37 UTC
ASTERIAHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC15 Oct 2026, 21:30 UTC
CETACEAPassenger15 Oct 2026, 18:00 UTC15 Oct 2026, 18:45 UTC
GLORYPassenger15 Oct 2026, 17:40 UTC15 Oct 2026, 18:12 UTC
PROVINCETOWN IVPassenger15 Oct 2026, 16:10 UTC15 Oct 2026, 17:09 UTC
ASTERIAHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 15:43 UTC15 Oct 2026, 17:43 UTC
GLORYPassenger15 Oct 2026, 15:15 UTC15 Oct 2026, 16:27 UTC
AVA PEARLHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 13:58 UTC15 Oct 2026, 20:15 UTC
SALACIAHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 13:40 UTC15 Oct 2026, 20:43 UTC
CHAMPIONPassenger15 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC15 Oct 2026, 15:19 UTC
BOSTON PILOT MYSTICTugs & service15 Oct 2026, 13:35 UTC15 Oct 2026, 23:30 UTC
SILVER SHADOWPassenger15 Oct 2026, 13:26 UTCNo departure yet
SANCTUARYHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 13:17 UTC15 Oct 2026, 19:41 UTC
MASSACHUSETTSPassenger15 Oct 2026, 13:16 UTC15 Oct 2026, 20:16 UTC
CETACEAPassenger15 Oct 2026, 12:02 UTC15 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTC
CG26343–15 Oct 2026, 11:12 UTCNo departure yet
NORWEGIAN JEWELPassenger15 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC15 Oct 2026, 23:45 UTC
CAPE CODTugs & service15 Oct 2026, 06:45 UTCNo departure yet
ZIM MOUNT RAINIERCargo15 Oct 2026, 04:48 UTCNo departure yet

Recent departures

VesselTypeDeparted (UTC)Next port
NORWEGIAN JEWELPassenger15 Oct 2026, 23:45 UTC–
SALACIAHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 23:45 UTC–
BOSTON PILOT MYSTICTugs & service15 Oct 2026, 23:30 UTC–
ASTERIAHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 23:08 UTC–
CETACEAPassenger15 Oct 2026, 21:41 UTCSalem USSLM
PROVINCETOWN IVPassenger15 Oct 2026, 21:37 UTCProvincetown USPVC
ASTERIAHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 21:30 UTCBoston USBOS
SANCTUARYHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 21:14 UTC–
SALACIAHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 20:43 UTCBoston USBOS
MASSACHUSETTSPassenger15 Oct 2026, 20:16 UTC–
AVA PEARLHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 20:15 UTCLynn USLZN
SANCTUARYHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 19:41 UTCBoston USBOS
CETACEAPassenger15 Oct 2026, 18:45 UTCSalem USSLM
GLORYPassenger15 Oct 2026, 18:12 UTC–
ASTERIAHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 17:43 UTCBoston USBOS
PROVINCETOWN IVPassenger15 Oct 2026, 17:09 UTCProvincetown USPVC
GLORYPassenger15 Oct 2026, 16:27 UTCBoston USBOS
CHAMPIONPassenger15 Oct 2026, 15:19 UTC–
CETACEAPassenger15 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTCBoston USBOS
PROVINCETOWN IVPassenger15 Oct 2026, 12:41 UTCProvincetown USPVC
BOSTON PILOT MYSTICTugs & service15 Oct 2026, 09:16 UTCBoston USBOS
BOSTON PILOT MYSTICTugs & service15 Oct 2026, 02:38 UTCBoston USBOS
ASTERIAHigh speed15 Oct 2026, 00:42 UTCBoston USBOS
LE LYRIALPassenger15 Oct 2026, 00:25 UTC–
BOSTON PILOT MYSTICTugs & service15 Oct 2026, 00:20 UTCBoston USBOS

Port details

NameBoston
Other names–
UN/LOCODEUSBOS
Country codeUS
Position42.35° N, 71.05° W
Harbour sizeLarge
Harbour typeCoastal (Natural)
Port area used for port calls7 km around the position

Port of Boston in the API

Every arrival and departure at Port of Boston, 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/7250/calls?from=2026-10-10&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.

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.