Port of Sydney (Port Botany)

🇦🇺 Australia

Oceania · Container Terminal

UN/LOCODE
AUSYD
Country
🇦🇺 Australia
Port Type
Container Terminal
Ocean Region
Oceania
Latitude
-33.9700° S
Longitude
151.2100° E

Maritime Risk Context

In the last 180 days, ArcNautical recorded 78 vessel arrivals at Sydney (Port Botany), with Cargo accounting for 17% of port calls — lower than the Oceania regional average of 64%. Sydney (Port Botany) in Australia sits along the Asia-Oceania trade corridor, handling coal, iron ore, LNG, agricultural products, and containerised manufactured goods. Australia's position as the world's largest exporter of iron ore makes its port infrastructure strategically significant for global commodity markets. Tropical cyclone season (November–April) is the primary natural hazard, particularly along Australia's northern and western coasts; the iron ore ports of Western Australia have historically caused global price spikes during cyclone-related closures. Australia's biosecurity and PSC regimes are among the strictest in the world — AMSA inspections under the Tokyo MOU framework focus on vessel safety, crew competency, and environmental compliance, and biosecurity holds for ballast water or hull fouling can cause significant delays.

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Top Vessel Types (last 180 days)

Across 78 distinct vessel arrivals, 78 carry a confirmed AIS ship-type code. The most common categories at Sydney (Port Botany):

17%
Cargo
13 vessels
13%
Tanker
10 vessels
12%
Passenger
9 vessels
12%
Cargo
9 vessels
10%
Pleasure Craft
8 vessels

Port State Control Context

Sydney (Port Botany) falls under the Tokyo MoU. The Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding (Asia-Pacific) maintains the most active publicly-available regional PSC programme. Across the last 24 months, the Tokyo MoU detention dataset records 5,331 distinct vessel detentions (sourced from OpenSanctions, as of 2026-06-14). Vessel-level detention probability is computed by ArcNautical using flag performance, vessel age, deficiency history, and ownership opacity.

Recent Arrivals at Sydney (Port Botany)

Last 10 vessel arrivals recorded by ArcNautical's AIS pipeline (last 90 days):

ArrivedVesselFlagType
2026-06-14 ENERSEA 1 🇵🇦 PA Tanker
2026-06-14 BARK ENDEAVOUR 🇦🇺 AU Sailing
2026-06-14 INSPIRATION 🇲🇭 MH Tanker
2026-06-14 SVITZER WARRAWEE 🇦🇺 AU Unknown
2026-06-14 ALEXANDER 🇦🇺 AU Passenger
2026-06-14 WAREE 🇦🇺 AU Tug
2026-06-13 MARINE RESCUE BB 30 🇦🇺 AU Search & Rescue
2026-06-13 MARINE RESCUE BB 30 🇦🇺 AU Search & Rescue
2026-06-12 ENERSEA 1 🇵🇦 PA Tanker
2026-06-12 ANDROKLIS 🇱🇷 LR Cargo

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