Track any container moving through Boston 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 Boston by pasting your container number, bill of lading, or booking reference at trackingmcp.com/ports/usbos. 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 Boston: 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 Boston was 1% above its typical baseline, on 8 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.
Boston appears in 91 scheduled port calls in TrackingMCP's sailing database (January 2025 to June 2027 schedule window), with 1 carrier we track calling the port. Track any of them by container, bill of lading, or booking number.
USBOS. The five-character UN/LOCODE (US for United States, plus BOS) identifies Boston 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.
OOCL is the carrier with scheduled sailings calling Boston in TrackingMCP's sailing database.
As of 6 August 2026, AIS port-call data (via IMF PortWatch) put Boston's 7-day throughput 1% above its typical baseline, on 8 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.
Colón, Xiamen, Baltimore, New York, Busan, Savannah see the most scheduled sailings to and from Boston in TrackingMCP's sailing database.
Free time is set by each carrier's tariff for United States, not by the port. The TrackingMCP free-time reference lists published demurrage and detention free days for United States by carrier, and the tracker watches the free-time clock on every shipment.