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Flightradar24 for Ships

https://atlas.flexport.com/
139chromy | | 35 | HN
ltrg | parent | next
This only covers container ships btw. For full coverage of all vessels, try the 'vessel presence' layer in Global Fishing Watch's interactive map, based on a feed from Spire: https://globalfishingwatch.org/map/
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victorbjorklund | parent | next
What is different from marinetraffic?
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n2j3 | parent | next
Marinetraffic is a good example of enshittification. Started well, now it's heavy and ad-laden, practically useless without a paid account.
Noaidi | root | parent | next
I find Marinetraffic is fine without an account.

Here is a link to oil tankers anchored around the Strait of Hormuz. It has much better filters:

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:56.8/cente...

dry_soup | root | parent
Sounds like Flightradar24
jen729w | root | parent | next
In case anyone isn't aware:

https://globe.adsbexchange.com

– is an alternative to FlightRadar24 with more data.

oncallthrow | root | parent
Unfortunately adsbexchange does not allow you to see the source/destination of flights
rustyhancock | root | parent
At least for FR24 you get a "Gold" account (no longer business) simply for running a feed.
tappaseater | root | parent
Nitpick: It's called Contributor and supposedly has the same features of the previous subscription. It still feels like a setup for future degradation by some marketing genius.
wodenokoto | parent
And what’s the similarity to flight radar?
notahacker | root | parent
A real time visualization using AIS instead of ADS-B feeds, presumably
wodenokoto | root | parent
as opposed to the dozens of other flight tracker sites?
sgt | parent | next
Seems to only have a tiny amount of ships compared to marinetraffic.com ?
jameshart | parent
Seems regionally biased. This map makes it look like the Americas barely see any ship traffic, while the South China Sea is paved with ships from shore to shore.
Levitating | parent | next
Seems like it's just cargo ships? And presumably not even all of them.

I'll prefer vesselfinder for marinetraffic.

gehsty | parent | next
Interesting, a cool resource for an API endpoint for AIS data so aisstream.io. Seems quite solid. Any one any idea of a good resource for satellite AIS data - I feel like the EU probably funded it and I can’t find anything on capricious etc.
dmarinus | parent | next
I tried posting ais-catcher.org but it got ignored
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newzino | parent | next
These tools went mainstream when the Houthis started hitting container ships. Watching AIS transponders go dark or vessels suddenly diverting around the Cape was something you just couldn't get from news coverage. And with Hormuz tensions right now, the real-time value is even higher.
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vldszn | parent
Looking good! Thanks for sharing