Port of Georgetown

🇬🇾 Guyana

South Atlantic · Multi-Purpose Port

UN/LOCODE
GYGEO
Country
🇬🇾 Guyana
Port Type
Multi-Purpose Port
Ocean Region
South Atlantic
Latitude
6.8000° N
Longitude
58.1600° W

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Joint War Committee listing

Not listed

Georgetown is not inside any Joint War Committee listed area (circular JWLA-035, 16 September 2026).

Guyana is listed only for calls to offshore installations in the Guyanese EEZ beyond territorial waters; a call at Georgetown itself is not.

Source: Joint War Committee circular JWLA-035, 16 September 2026 (LMA/IUA), JWC Listed Areas for hull war, piracy, terrorism and related perils.

Regional Risk Context — South Atlantic

Georgetown in Guyana connects the major commodity exporters of West Africa and South America with global markets, carrying crude oil, iron ore, soybeans, coal, and containerised goods. The Gulf of Guinea has surpassed the Gulf of Aden as the world's most active piracy zone, accounting for the majority of global incidents and the vast majority of crew kidnappings. Unlike Somali piracy's hijacking-for-ransom model, Gulf of Guinea attacks typically aim at kidnap-for-ransom, cargo theft, and oil theft from tankers. The diversion of container traffic around the Cape of Good Hope due to Red Sea security threats has increased congestion at South Atlantic bunkering ports and along the South African coast.

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Sea Distances

Routed sea distances from Georgetown to the principal global hubs, computed by ArcNautical's routing engine — around land and through the canals a ship actually uses, not great-circle.

Port State Control Context

Guyana is a multi-MoU jurisdiction (its port states participate in more than one regional PSC programme). Vessel-level detention probability for calls at Georgetown is computed by ArcNautical's scoring engine using flag performance, vessel age, deficiency history, and ownership opacity rather than a regional aggregate.

Vessel Mix

No port calls were observed at Georgetown between 29 Apr 2026 and 5 Aug 2026. This reflects the reach of the terrestrial AIS network behind this page — coverage is densest in Northwest Europe and thins elsewhere — and is not a statement about traffic at Georgetown. The feed has delivered no positions since 5 Aug 2026, so these figures will not change until it resumes.

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