Vessels in the coverage area in Russian. Traffic of sea and river vessels

If you want to find out where and what vessels are located or find the location of a specific vessel in real time, then select the desired quadrant on the map and view the movement of vessels. To find out what kind of ship it is and who it belongs to, just click on the marker you are interested in on the ships map.

More options (if the map above is not available)

→ riverships.ru

Information on Russian river steamers (with photos).

→ shipspotting.com

→ shipsandharbours.com

Find the ship and see its photo.

→ cfmc.ru/positioning

Information about the location of training ships.
Information on the location of vessels is provided based on data from the industry monitoring system (OSM). The positioning time is set to UTC.

→ maritime.com.pl

Information on Polish courts.
Quote:
“The Maritime Shipping section consists of the following modules: Maritime Agencies, Vessel Catalog, List of Regular Lines.
This section contains a list of Polish ships in service with their full characteristics. In addition to detailed technical data, photographs, illustrations and specifications can be found here. It is possible to find all the information for any vessel by specifying its name, type of vessel, ship owner or technical parameters.”

→ vesseltracker.com

If you want to see a photo of the ship and brief information about the ship.

→ marinetraffic.com

Website to monitor the vessel in real time

→ containershipregister.nl
search by container name. You can search for a ship by name, by IMO, etc.

→ world-ships.com
In general, search across all courts in the world, but registration is required.

→ solentwaters.co.uk
You can find a ship in real time by name.
Overall a great site.

→ digital-seas.com
The search contains a lot of information on the vessel, photos, descriptions, and upon registration, access to the full database.

→ digital-seas.com
shows a photo of the vessel, brief information about it, current location, ports of call..
registration required

View information and photos on the ships of the shipping company MSC Ships.
Photo super quality!!!

We already know how to track any fire on the planet in real time, we can track any plane in the sky online- now let's try find any sea vessel, which right at this moment in time is plowing the endless expanses of seas and oceans.

Today we can easily find out where there are simply teeming with predatory oil tankers and where the largest cruise ship in the world is currently located.

How to track any sea vessel

So, first we need to slightly customize the service for ourselves.

Setting up the service

We turn on our language for more or less clear navigation (this is done at the very bottom of the page)…

...deciding on the appearance of the card...

…removing the warning about enabled cookies (location tracking)…

...and select tracking objects...

How to use the service

Move the map to the desired region of the planet (press and hold the left mouse button) and zoom in using the manipulator wheel...

The Persian Gulf is a haven for tankers, cargo ships and tugboats. It really dazzles your eyes, doesn’t it?

If you click on a sea vessel, a window will appear with detailed information about it...

By clicking on the right blue button, you will find out where the ship is heading...

If you click on the three stripes on top, they will show you the ship’s path traveled...

We find a specific sea vessel

Now let's find the largest cruise ship in the world. We go down to the very bottom of the service and click on “Ships”...

...we get to a special page of the service, where we enter the name of the vessel in the search field...

...in the “Received” column, click on the map icon - we see the location of our ship on the map...

Oh, I set the name of the cruise ship that is in the title picture of the article (Carnival Sunshine). And here comes the champion among liners - Allure of the Seas...

...he hangs out near the Virgin Islands. As you can see, there are no tankers here at all, but there are a million cool yachts - life for many people is vibrant and sparkling, despite the global crisis.

The end of the intrigue - here is the service described above...

marinetraffic.com

Special thanks to my beloved wife for this excellent and interesting service found on the Internet.

To new useful and interesting sites and services.

There are services that provide information about ships online in real time on a map. These services are an indispensable tool for the charterer, because he must know the approximate time of arrival of the vessel at the designated port for loading or unloading. Some agreements indicate that the delivery of cargo must be carried out within a certain period of time and the ship does not have the right to enter ports for its own needs and take on associated cargo. It follows from this that if the ship deviates from the course, the contract can be terminated.

MarineTraffic is an online service for tracking the route of ships

The site provides information about the location of ships online. This is a world map with ship icons of different colors. Each color represents the type, speed, control method and other information.

There are icons and icons around the map for management and configuration. On the left side of the menu there are buttons for setting up the map, such as: layers, filter, traffic density maps, weather and others. Here you can find a ship by name by entering information in a special field. When you click on one of the ships on the map, information appears in a window about:

• Name of the ship.
• The speed at which the ship travels.
• Well. From where and where to go.
• Status.
• Type of ship (passenger, tanker, etc.)

When you click on the name of the ship already in the window that opens, a more complete page opens with detailed information about the ship in real time.

How to find a ship by name online on MarineTraffic

If you have some information about the ship you are interested in, then finding it will be easy. Necessary:

1. Go to the website - https://www.marinetraffic.com/ru/.
2. In the top right window called "Vessel/Port" enter your information.
3. In the window that appears, you need to click on the name of the vessel or port for detailed information.

Having visited the site, you will notice that the information is provided in English. It can be changed by going to the bottom of the page and clicking on the “Language” item. Select Russian from the drop-down menu.

The online ship map is updated in real time, but you need to know that ship traffic on the ocean is relatively small. The reason for the ship's freezing may also be related to the system itself, because it is not perfect and has shortcomings. Although it is improved from time to time, there are still areas of the ocean where the signal disappears. In this case, you must wait until the signal appears to continue tracking the vessel.

How the AIS system works

Today, to ensure security, all ships have an AIS identification system on board. It reports the location of a particular vessel in the ocean and prevents collisions. The distance a ship can move away from a ground receiver is almost 400 km. The ground reception system must be located above sea level, and the ship system must have a powerful signal and a high-quality antenna. In this case, visitors can use the services of the service.

Seatracker.ru – providing information about the location of ships online

Seatracker is a portal for seafarers that provides news and various files, mainly on marine topics.

By clicking the link in the top menu “Ais” we are taken to the political map of the world, on which there are also icons of ships, painted in different colors, depending on the type and purpose. The map menu on the service is a simplified version relative to the MarineTraffic service. Here, on the left side of the menu there are only 3 buttons - search, filter and layers. On the right there are 2 buttons that control the reduction or enlargement of the mini map. Above the map there is a search window for a ship or port by name.

Color codes for ships on the map of online services

Online ocean maps have the same color codes for the two listed services.

How to use the real-time ship chart on Seatracker

1. On the website https://seatracker.ru/ follow the link at the top “Ais”.
2. On the map page you can use the search and enter the name of the vessel.
3. For convenience, on the left side of the menu there is a “Filter” button, using it you can select a vessel by color.
4. Here, in the menu on the left there is an icon with layers, by selecting which you can add or remove ports, station names, beacons and images to the map.

All information that is on the site comes from AIS data. The actual time of the ship's stay, departure from the port and arrival at the port may vary by approximately 1 hour. Information on the online coordinates of all ships provided by the service is for informational purposes only and should not be used for navigation.

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Search and determination of the vessel's position

Attention! Court positions sometimes they may not correspond to real ones and lag behind by an hour or more. All coordinates of vessel positions are presented for informational purposes only. Search data from AIS cannot be used for routing

When searching, you will find accurate information about the movement of ships on the map according to the data AIS and you can see their photographs. In order to find a ship, select a sector on the map where the number of ships currently located there is indicated. We click, for example, on the region of Europe and get the picture that you see above.

If you zoom in on the area, you will see specific vessels. The map receives updates every few seconds. When you hover your cursor over a ship, you can see its name; on the site you can get other information you are interested in for searching.

To find the ship you are interested in, enter the name of the ship and, if possible, its location in the search bar and press the search key. The AIS map will show the vessel's position in real time.

This map informs not only about ships, but also the cargo carried on them, which can be useful to ship charterers. Stay with us and not a single ship will be lost.

On this page you can watch the movement of sea and river vessels in real time.

AIS (Automatic Identification System) - in shipping, a system used to identify ships, their dimensions, heading and other data using VHF/VHF radio waves.

Recently, there has been a tendency to interpret AIS as an Automatic Information System (English: AIS Automatic Information System), which is associated with the expansion of the functionality of the system compared to the ordinary task of identifying vessels.

In accordance with the SOLAS 74/88 Convention, it is mandatory for ships with a displacement of more than 300 register tons on international voyages, ships with a displacement of more than 500 register tons not engaged in international voyages and all passenger ships. Vessels and yachts with a smaller displacement can be equipped with a class B device. Data transmission is carried out on international communication channels AIS 1 and AIS 2 in the SOTDMA protocol (Self Organizing Time Division Multiple Accsess). Frequency modulation with GMSK keying is used.
Purpose

AIS is designed to increase the level of navigation safety, efficiency of navigation and operation of the vessel traffic control center (VTCS), environmental protection, ensuring the following functions:

As a means of preventing collisions in ship-to-ship mode;
as a means of obtaining information about the vessel and cargo by competent coastal services;
as a VTS tool in ship-to-shore mode for controlling vessel traffic;
as a means of monitoring and tracking ships, as well as in search and rescue (SAR) operations.

AIS components

The AIS system includes the following components:

VHF transmitter,
one - two VHF receivers,
global satellite navigation receiver (for example, GPS, GLONASS), for Russia the GLONASS module in the AIS device is strictly mandatory, the main source of coordinates. GPS is auxiliary and can be taken from the GPS receiver via the NMEA bus;
modulator/demodulator (converter of analogue data to digital and vice versa),
microprocessor based controller
equipment for input/output of information to control elements

Operating principle of AIS
System Overview from US Coast Guard

The operation of AIS is based on the reception and transmission of messages via VHF waves. The AIS transmitter operates at longer wavelengths than radars, which allows the exchange of information not only over direct distances, but also in areas with obstacles in the form of small objects, as well as in bad weather conditions. Although one radio channel is sufficient, some AIS systems transmit and receive on two radio channels in order to avoid interference problems and not disrupt the communication of other objects. AIS messages may contain:

Identification information about the object,
information about the state of the object, received automatically from the object’s control elements (including from some electro-radio navigation devices),
information about geographic and time coordinates that AIS receives from the global navigation satellite system,
information entered manually by facility maintenance personnel (security-related).

The transfer of additional text information between AIS terminals (paging) is provided. Transmission of such information is possible both to all terminals within the range, and to one specific terminal.

In order to ensure the unification and standardization of AIS, the International Radio Regulations stipulate two channels for use for AIS purposes: AIS-1 (87V - 161.975 MHz) and AIS-2 (88V - 162.025 MHz), which should be used everywhere, with the exception of regions with special frequency regulation.

The digital information transmission rate in the AIS channel is selected at 9600 bps.

The operation of each AIS station (mobile or base) is strictly synchronized to UTC time with an error of no more than 10 μs from the built-in GNSS receiver (in the Russian Federation, according to signals from the combined GLONASS/GPS GNSS receiver). To transmit information, continuously repeating frames lasting 1 minute are used, which are divided into 2250 slots (time intervals) each lasting 26.67 ms.

Text uses 6-bit ASCII codes.

Displaying information about the environment in modern AIS is possible in 2 modes - both textual in the form of a table with a list of nearby vessels and their data, and in the form of a simplified schematic map depicting the relative positions of vessels and distances to them (calculated automatically based on the data transmitted by them geographic coordinates.) AIS is included in the list of equipment that is required to be provided with uninterruptible battery power.
Message structure
Static information

MMSI number
International Maritime Organization (IMO) number
Radio call sign and name of the craft
Dimensions
Type of craft
Antenna location data (from GNSS Glonass or GPS)

Data is transmitted every 6 minutes
Dynamic information

Location (latitude and longitude)
Time (UTC)
Age of information (how long ago it was updated)
True heading (relative to the ground), heading angle
True speed
Roll angle, trim
Pitch angle
Angular rate of turn
Navigation status (for example: Unable to steer or Limited ability to maneuver)

And other information from repeaters and sensors of electro-radio navigation devices and systems
Other information

Destination
Arrival time (ETA)
Vessel draft
Cargo information (cargo class/category)
Number of people on board
Messages for warning and safety of cargo transportation

The throughput of each channel is up to 2000 messages per minute.

Source wikipedia

MarineTraffic

This open, community project is designed to collect and present data that can be used in research such as:
- Study of maritime telecommunications regarding efficiency and propagation parameters
- Simulation of ship traffic to assist in the field of maritime safety and resolution of critical situations
- Interactive design information systems
- Design of databases that provide information in real time
- Statistical processing of port traffic using applications in operational research
- Development of applications for identifying sources of pollution
- Development of efficient algorithms for sea route and estimation to determine the estimated time of arrival of the vessel
- Correlation of the received information with meteorological data
- Cooperation with Institutes involved in environmental protection.
This project provides free, real-time information to the public about ship movements primarily along the coastlines of many countries around the world.
The project is currently being organized by the Department of Products and Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean, Greece.
Primary data collection is based on the Automatic Identification System (AIS).
There is a constant search for partners to work in the community.
They will have an AIS receiver installed and will be able to share their area data with others to cover as many destinations and ports around the world as possible.

The system is built on the basis of AIS (Automatic Identification System). Since December 2004, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has required that every ship over 299 GT be equipped with an AIS transmitter, which transmits position, speed, course and various static information such as the ship's name, dimensions and flight details.

AIS was originally intended to help ships avoid collisions and also to assist port authorities to better manage maritime traffic.
The AIS transponder on board a vessel includes a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver and a VHF transmitter that transmits data on the vessel's movement on two channels (frequencies 161.975 MHz and 162.025 MHz) and makes this data available to the public. Other vessels or base stations can receive this information and, using special software, display the vessel's location on a chartplotter or computer.

Typically, ships with an SAI receiver connected to an external antenna located 15 m above sea level will receive information in a range of 15-20 nautical miles. A base station located at a higher altitude can extend the reception range to 40-60 nautical miles, even over mountains, depending on terrain, antenna type, obstacles around the antenna and weather conditions. The most important factor is the height of the antenna. The higher the better. For example, an antenna located on a mountain at an altitude of 700 m can receive signals from ships at a distance of 200 nautical miles!
Base stations that reliably cover a range of 40 nautical miles can periodically receive signals from more distant ships.

The base station is equipped with a marine band antenna, an AIS receiver and a computer connected to the Internet.
The AIS device receives data, which is processed using simple software on a PC, and then this data is sent to a central database via a web service. The software is free to interested users under the GNU license.
The data received by the AIS receiver is encoded into a single NMEA sentence (64-bit plain text).
Example: !AIVDM,1,1,B,1INS<8@P001cnWFEdSmh00bT0000,0*38
Messages include three main types:
1. Dynamic information - vessel position, speed, current position, course and rate of turn.
2. Static information - vessel name, IMO number, MMSI, dimensions.
3. Special information - purpose, ETA and projects.

The central database receives and processes a large amount of data, and stores the most important parts of it. It also includes port and area geographic information, photographs of the vessel and other information. The current positions of the vessel and/or track are displayed on the map using the Google map API.

The received data is loaded into the database in real time and, therefore, it is immediately highlighted on the map. However, some positions shown on the chart may not be constantly updated (for example, when a ship moves out of range). Vessel positions shown on the chart may be up to 1 hour out of date.

The MarineTraffic system only covers certain coastal areas where land-based AIS receiving base stations are installed.
Possible reasons why ship positions are not displayed on the map are as follows:
- The vessel is not equipped with an AIS transponder, the transponder does not work or does not work correctly;
- The vessel is in an area where there is no base AIS receiving station nearby;
- The transponder power is not sufficient for normal reception of signals by the ground station. The power of class A transponders is much lower than the power of class B transponders.
It also depends on the type and height of the antenna and the type of cable.
- AIS transponder is not configured correctly.

Map icons may be slow to display. This may be due to too many vessels being displayed, web technology, javascript and web browsers.
The Internet Explorer browser (especially version 6 and older) is very ineffective in web applications of this kind.
The following browsers show significantly better performance and we suggest using one of them: Opera, Chrome, Firefox.

The system can receive the positions of vessels that have not yet transmitted static information (name, dimensions, etc.) This happens because static vessels transmit information less frequently. In this case, instead of the vessel's name, its MMSI will be displayed (for example, 239923000). There is also a small possibility of incorrect or corrupted data recording. This occurs due to the following reasons:
a) malfunction of the vessel’s AIS transponder
b) Global Positioning System (GPS) error and
c) failure of the ship's crew to correctly configure the information transmitted by the AIS transponder (this refers to static information, such as ship name, type and dimensions, as well as destination and estimated time of arrival).

The system is based solely on information received from ships transmitted by their AIS transponder.
Therefore, correct configuration of the AIS transponder by the crew is very important! In particular, the person who is responsible for operating the AIS transponder can greatly assist in the correct presentation of vessel information by taking care of the following:
a) Correct updating and verification of Static Information that is recorded in the AIS block. These include: vessel name, vessel type, vessel dimensions, IMO, MMSI number, AIS device relative position.
b) Properly updating Travel Information, i.e. destination, ETA and draft, before commencement of each voyage. If this information is correct, the vessel will appear in "Expected Arrival" for each port and an estimated arrival time will be provided for all parties involved. One port should be entered each time, and any additional information (such as country or multiple ports) should be avoided.

Moving ships are displayed as ship icons. Vessels that are not moving or moving at a speed of less than 0.5 knots, are anchored or moored are displayed as squares.
Ship icons and tracks are colored according to their type (cargo, tanker, passenger, etc.)

The MarineTraffic system can be expanded to cover any area around the world. You can independently install an antenna, an AIS receiver, connect it to a computer connected to the Internet and start sending data immediately. You will immediately see on the map the vessels that were received by your receiver. For those who wish to have their area covered on the map, an acknowledgment on the main site, links to a company or personal site, or any other links upon request are included.

If you have a private sailboat that is within MarineTraffic's coverage area, you can install an AIS transponder on board to record your position on a map in real time. Installing an AIS transponder on small boats is optional and you are permitted to use a CLASS “B” transponder. CLASS "B" is cheaper than CLASS "A". CLASS B transponders are intended for ships with a displacement of less than 300GT. Price from 700 to 2000 euros.
Additionally, you can use the iAIS app on your smartphone (iPhone/iPad or Android) on board to report your vessel's position directly to MarineTraffic, without having to operate an AIS transponder.
There are at least 5 different methods for submitting your own position in MarineTraffic.