Vessels in Custom Area API
Positions and voyage data for every vessel inside an area you define
Overview
Vessels in Custom Area - the LiveData service in the API - returns every vessel currently inside an area you specify, with position, course, speed and heading. You call it on the schedule your subscription allows, and each response carries everything matching your filters at that moment.
Coverage is provided by the VesselFinder terrestrial AIS network. Responses in JSON.
API Coverage Map
Available Datasets
- AIS - MMSI, IMO, name, callsign, AIS type, dimensions, coordinates, course, speed, heading, navigational status, draught, destination and its UN/LOCODE, ETA (as reported by the vessel), ECA zone flag
- Voyage - last port of call (name, country, UN/LOCODE) and time of departure
- Master - vessel type, flag, year built, builder, ownership, capacity, dimensions
Pricing
A monthly subscription. No credits, nothing metered per request. Four factors determine the fee:
- How large the area is
- How much traffic it carries
- Which datasets you include
- How often you call the API
Sample use cases
1) A port, refreshed every five minutes. One call every five minutes returns every vessel inside the port limits - enough to drive a live operations screen. Response in JSON.
2) Tankers above 100 metres across Persian Gulf, every six hours. Type and size filters are applied at configuration, so each response carries only the vessels that matter, with position and last port of departure. Response in JSON
Full parameters, response fields and sample requests are in the API documentation.
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