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MarineTraffic

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Also known as marinetraffic.com, MarineTraffic database

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.

Key facts

Website.name
MarineTraffic
Website.logo
MarineTraffic_logo.jpg
Website.commercial
Yes
Website.type
Ship tracking intelligence
Website.company_type
Subsidiary
Website.parent
Kpler Holding SA
Website.registration
Optional
Website.language
English, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, German, French, Greek, Chinese, Norwegian, Dutch and Portuguese
Website.num_users
2,000,000
Website.location
Athens, Greece
Website.current_status
Open

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Wikidata facts

Headquarters
Athens
Main subject
water transport
Official website
www.marinetraffic.com
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inception
2007-11-00
Commons category
MarineTraffic
social media followers
67293
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Encyclopedic overview

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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.

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “MarineTraffic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.