Kharg Island oil terminals: port occupancy and satellite views

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Port in Iran at 29.235, 50.310. Kharg Island oil terminals, port in Iran, watched from orbit: no thermal anomaly recorded since 2 Apr 2026, when this site's watch began; port occupancy 9 large vessels, week of 12 Oct to 18 Oct 2026; normal 15 (0.6x).

nonelast thermal anomaly
0thermal anomalies, 365 days
9large vessels, week median, normal 15
Kharg Island oil terminals

Latest view

No clear Sentinel-2 view of this site yet.

Thermal anomalies

No thermal anomaly recorded since 2 Apr 2026, when this site's watch began. A quiet site is no reading, never a statement that nothing happened.

Port occupancy, weekly median of large vesselsone line per satellite orbit; dashed: the main orbit's normal, its trailing 8 weeks
2026-W17: orbit 101, median 13 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W18: orbit 101, median 10 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W19: orbit 101, median 14 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W20: orbit 101, median 9.5 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W21: orbit 101, median 11 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W22: orbit 101, median 11.5 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W23: orbit 101, median 13 large vessels, normal 11.32026-W24: orbit 101, median 14 large vessels, normal 11.52026-W25: orbit 101, median 16 large vessels, normal 12.32026-W26: orbit 101, median 14 large vessels, normal 12.32026-W27: orbit 101, median 19 large vessels, normal 13.52026-W28: orbit 101, median 14 large vessels, normal 13.52026-W29: orbit 101, median 13 large vessels, normal 142026-W30: orbit 101, median 14 large vessels, normal 142026-W31: orbit 101, median 15 large vessels, normal 142026-W32: orbit 101, median 13 large vessels, normal 142026-W33: orbit 101, median 12 large vessels, normal 142026-W34: orbit 101, median 12.5 large vessels, normal 142026-W35: orbit 101, median 9 large vessels, normal 13.52026-W36: orbit 101, median 10 large vessels, normal 132026-W37: orbit 101, median 14 large vessels, normal 12.82026-W38: orbit 101, median 9 large vessels, normal 12.82026-W39: orbit 101, median 12 large vessels, normal 12.32026-W40: orbit 101, median 13.5 large vessels, normal 122026-W41: orbit 101, median 7 large vessels, normal 122026-W42: orbit 101, median 10 large vessels, normal 112026-W17: orbit 35, median 14 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W18: orbit 35, median 15 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W19: orbit 35, median 11 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W20: orbit 35, median 13 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W21: orbit 35, median 11.5 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W22: orbit 35, median 13 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W23: orbit 35, median 12 large vessels, normal 132026-W24: orbit 35, median 16 large vessels, normal 132026-W25: orbit 35, median 22 large vessels, normal 132026-W26: orbit 35, median 13 large vessels, normal 132026-W27: orbit 35, median 12 large vessels, normal 132026-W28: orbit 35, median 14 large vessels, normal 132026-W29: orbit 35, median 23 large vessels, normal 132026-W30: orbit 35, median 15 large vessels, normal 13.52026-W31: orbit 35, median 14 large vessels, normal 14.52026-W32: orbit 35, median 11 large vessels, normal 14.52026-W33: orbit 35, median 11 large vessels, normal 142026-W34: orbit 35, median 15 large vessels, normal 13.52026-W35: orbit 35, median 17 large vessels, normal 142026-W36: orbit 35, median 14 large vessels, normal 14.52026-W37: orbit 35, median 12 large vessels, normal 14.52026-W38: orbit 35, median 13 large vessels, normal 142026-W39: orbit 35, median 15 large vessels, normal 13.52026-W40: orbit 35, median 16 large vessels, normal 13.52026-W41: orbit 35, median 12 large vessels, normal 14.52026-W42: orbit 35, median 9 large vessels, normal 14.5
10 large vessels, week of 12 Oct to 18 Oct 2026; normal 11 (0.9x). Port occupancy counts large vessels inside the port's box from Sentinel-1 radar, as a weekly median against the port's own trailing eight weeks. It cannot see ships at a quay or outside the box, and small craft do not register.
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What this reading can say. A thermal anomaly means NASA's FIRMS satellites saw more heat at the site than it usually shows, at the moment they passed. It does not say why: flaring, a process upset, maintenance and a fire read alike. What it cannot. A fire put out between two passes is never seen, cloud and smoke hide heat, and a site that flares gas every day reads hot on its own, which is why each site is measured against its own normal. A quiet site is no reading at all, never a statement that nothing happened. A site view is a dated Sentinel-2 image: context for a reading, never proof of damage. The SWIR view shows heat and burn scars that true colour cannot. Port occupancy counts large vessels inside the port's box from Sentinel-1 radar, as a weekly median against the port's own trailing eight weeks. It cannot see ships at a quay or outside the box, and small craft do not register.

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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (Sentinel-2; Sentinel-1 for port occupancy).

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