Vessel Particulars API
Technical specifications, capacity and ownership for any IMO vessel
Overview
Vessel Particulars - the MasterData service in the API - returns the registry record for one or more vessels, identified by IMO number. This is not AIS data: it describes what a vessel is, not where it is.
- Identifier Required: IMO number only. MMSI is not accepted for this service.
- Formats Supported: JSON
- Batching: up to 100 IMO numbers in a single request
Fields returned
- Identity - IMO number, vessel name, flag state, detailed vessel type (bulk carrier, container ship, LNG tanker)
- Build - year built, shipbuilder
- Dimensions - length, beam, maximum draught
- Tonnage - gross (GT), net (NT), deadweight (DWT)
- Capacity - TEU, crude oil, gas
- Commercial - registered owner, management company
Credits
This is a credit-based service. Buy a package of credits and spend them across any credit-based service:
Vessels,
PortCalls,
Expected Arrivals,
MasterData,
Distance.
You are charged per record returned, not per request, so asking for fifty vessels in one call costs the same as fifty separate calls and is considerably faster.
A request that returns no records costs nothing.
Credits are valid for 12 months, and every purchase resets the expiry across your entire balance. An account that keeps topping up does not lose credits.
The Master dataset costs 3 credits per vessel.
Credit Prices
- 5,000 credits: 175 EUR
- 10,000 credits: 330 EUR
- 20,000 credits: 625 EUR
- 50,000 credits: 1470 EUR
All credits are valid for 12 months after purchase.
Prices do not include VAT.
Sample use case
You need the Master dataset for 10 vessels. The API returns the data and charges 30 credits (10 vessels × 3 credits each).
Full parameters, response fields and sample requests are in the API documentation.
For pricing, data samples or a trial, contact us.