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MarineTraffic

MarineTraffic is a maritime analytics provider, which provides real-time information on the movements of ships and the current location of ships in harbors and ports. A database of information on the vessels includes for example details of the location where they were built plus dimensions of the vessels, gross tonnage and International Maritime Organisation (IMO) number. Users can submit photographs of the vessels which other users can rate.

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MarineTraffic
Type of businessSubsidiary
Type of site
Ship tracking intelligence
Available inEnglish, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, German, French, Greek, Chinese, Norwegian, Dutch and Portuguese
HeadquartersAthens, Greece
ParentKpler Holding SA1
URLwww.marinetraffic.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Users2,000,000
Launched2007 (2007)
Current statusOpen

MarineTraffic is a maritime analytics provider, which provides real-time information on the movements of ships and the current location of ships in harbors and ports.2 A database of information on the vessels includes for example details of the location where they were built plus dimensions of the vessels, gross tonnage and International Maritime Organisation (IMO) number. Users can submit photographs of the vessels which other users can rate.

The basic MarineTraffic service can be used without cost; more advanced functions such as satellite-based tracking are available subject to payment.3

The site has six million unique visitors on a monthly basis. In April 2015, the service had 600,000 registered users.45

History

MarineTraffic was originally developed as an academic project at the University of the Aegean in Ermoupoli, Greece.67

In late 2007, Professor Dimitris Lekkas published it as a trial version.4

In 2022, MarineTraffic made available a free AIS processing toolbox under a Creative Commons license.8

In February 2023, data and analytics firm Kpler announced the acquisition of MarineTraffic and Fleetmon for an undisclosed sum.9 The acquisitions closed in March 2023.10

See also

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References

References

  1. "Terms of Use". MarineTraffic. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  2. "Top 3 Websites to Track Your Ship". MarineInsight. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  3. "Cautiously Optimistic on MarineTraffic Internet AIS – Sail Magazine". Sail Magazine. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  4. "Site gives landlubbers trove of information about ships". The Virginian-Pilot. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  5. "MarineTraffic.com releases new notifications". All About Shipping. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  6. "Marine Traffic – AIS ship tracking". MARINE TRAFFIC. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  7. Dumiak, Michael (16 December 2010). "A continent, as drawn by ships". Wired UK. Retrieved 31 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. "The MarineTraffic AIS Toolbox is now released as Open Source Software - MarineTraffic Blog". MarineTraffic Blog. 20 June 2022. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  9. Saul, Jonathan (15 February 2023). "Kpler deepens maritime focus with ship tracking company acquisitions". Reuters. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  10. "Kpler Acquires MarineTraffic and FleetMon for maritime sector expansion". Kpler (Press release). 14 March 2023.
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