Track any container moving through Halifax and see the port's real activity: carriers calling, scheduled connections, and a measured congestion signal. Four independent lenses on every shipment.
Track a shipment moving through Halifax by pasting your container number, bill of lading, or booking reference at trackingmcp.com/ports/cahal. TrackingMCP resolves the carrier automatically and shows its events, the vessel's satellite AIS position, the schedule, and a cross-checked ETA together, with no carrier portal login.
Any carrier calling Halifax: we detect the line and format automatically.
Daily signal, 30 July 2026 to 6 August 2026; dashed line marks the port's typical baseline.
As of 6 August 2026, port-call throughput at Halifax was 2% below its typical baseline, on 20 calls in the trailing 7 days. Derived from AIS port-call observations via IMF PortWatch open data; inside the tracker this signal refreshes continuously and feeds each shipment's ETA-at-risk flag.
Halifax appears in 129 scheduled port calls in TrackingMCP's sailing database (January 2025 to June 2027 schedule window), with 7 carriers we track calling the port. Track any of them by container, bill of lading, or booking number.
CAHAL. The five-character UN/LOCODE (CA for Canada, plus HAL) identifies Halifax in carrier schedules, booking confirmations, and tracking feeds worldwide.
Enter your container number, bill of lading, or booking reference in the search box above. TrackingMCP auto-detects the carrier and format, then returns live carrier events, the vessel's AIS position, and a forecast ETA. Your first shipment is free, no account needed to start.
CMA CGM, MSC, Yang Ming lead the 7 carriers with scheduled sailings calling Halifax in TrackingMCP's sailing database. Each line links to its own tracking page below.
As of 6 August 2026, AIS port-call data (via IMF PortWatch) put Halifax's 7-day throughput 2% below its typical baseline, on 20 port calls in 7 days; the signal level reads mild. Signals refresh continuously inside the tracker; this page shows the snapshot from its last build.
Kingston, Montreal, Antwerp, Freeport, Longue-Pointe, Nhava Sheva see the most scheduled sailings to and from Halifax in TrackingMCP's sailing database.
Free time is set by each carrier's tariff for Canada, not by the port. The TrackingMCP free-time reference lists published demurrage and detention free days for Canada by carrier, and the tracker watches the free-time clock on every shipment.