# Maritime Vessel Intelligence (AIS) (`straightforward_hydra/maritime-vessel-intelligence`) Actor

Live AIS vessel tracking + ship intelligence for the Baltic Sea / Northern Europe. No key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/straightforward\_hydra/maritime-vessel-intelligence.md
- **Developed by:** [Dev D](https://apify.com/straightforward_hydra) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Travel, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 vessels

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Maritime Vessel Intelligence (AIS) 🚢

**Live AIS vessel tracking + ship intelligence for the Baltic Sea / Northern Europe — straight from Finland's official Digitraffic service. No API key, no proxy.**

Get a live snapshot of vessels at sea, each **merged with its identity**: position, speed, course and navigation status combined with vessel name, IMO, ship type, destination, draught and ETA. AIS/vessel data is normally paid and locked behind commercial APIs — this uses a fully open government feed.

Perfect for **maritime logistics & port ops, supply-chain visibility, shipping analytics, research and journalism**, and vessel-monitoring apps.

> Uses **Digitraffic** (Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency) — no key, no login.
> **Coverage:** Baltic Sea / Northern Europe (the area Digitraffic receives AIS for).

***

### Modes

- 🛰️ **Live vessel positions** — every currently-tracked vessel with position + identity.
- ⚓ **Port calls** — recent/scheduled port call records.

### Features

- ✅ **No API key, no proxy** — open government AIS feed.
- ✅ **Position + identity in one row** — name, IMO, type, destination, not just coordinates.
- ✅ **Decoded** — ship-type category, navigation status and AIS ETA decoded to readable values.
- ✅ **Filters** — by MMSI, ship-type category, bounding box, or moving-only.

***

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| **Mode** | positions / port-calls. |
| **MMSI list** | Track specific vessels, e.g. `["230099950"]`. |
| **Ship type categories** | Cargo / Tanker / Passenger / Fishing / …. |
| **Moving only** | Only vessels under way (speed > 0.5 kn). |
| **Bounding box** | minLat / maxLat / minLon / maxLon. |
| **Max results** | Cap on records. |

#### Example — moving cargo & tankers

```json
{
  "mode": "positions",
  "shipTypeCategories": ["Cargo", "Tanker"],
  "movingOnly": true
}
```

#### Example — track specific vessels

```json
{
  "mode": "positions",
  "mmsiList": ["230099950", "245656000"]
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "mmsi": 245656000,
  "name": "BOTHNIABORG",
  "imo": 9182160,
  "call_sign": "PBGV",
  "ship_type": 70,
  "ship_type_category": "Cargo",
  "destination": "BREMEN",
  "eta": "07-19 17:00",
  "draught_m": 7.2,
  "latitude": 60.01,
  "longitude": 24.95,
  "speed_knots": 15.9,
  "course": 212.4,
  "heading": 210,
  "nav_status": "Under way using engine",
  "position_timestamp": 1690000000,
  "url": "https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/mmsi:245656000"
}
```

### Run it on a schedule

Run every few minutes to build a track history for your fleet or a sea area — pipe to a database, map or webhook for live monitoring and ETA prediction.

### Notes & limitations

- **Coverage is regional** (Baltic Sea / Northern Europe) — this is a Finnish government feed, not global AIS.
- AIS is self-reported by vessels; some fields (destination, ETA, occasionally speed) can be stale or inconsistent — values are passed through faithfully.
- Data source: Digitraffic / Fintraffic (CC BY 4.0). Attribution appreciated.

***

#### Keywords

AIS, vessel tracking, ship tracking, maritime, marine traffic, vessel positions, MMSI, IMO, ship intelligence, Baltic Sea, port calls, shipping data, maritime logistics, supply chain, vessel finder, cargo ships, tankers, Digitraffic, marine data, fleet tracking.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

positions = live vessels with identity; port-calls = recent port call schedule.

## `mmsiList` (type: `array`):

Track specific vessels by MMSI, e.g. \["230099950"]. Leave empty for all currently-tracked vessels.

## `shipTypeCategories` (type: `array`):

Filter by vessel category. Leave empty for all.

## `movingOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only vessels currently under way (speed > 0.5 knots).

## `minLat` (type: `integer`):

South edge of an optional bounding box.

## `maxLat` (type: `integer`):

North edge of the bounding box.

## `minLon` (type: `integer`):

West edge of the bounding box.

## `maxLon` (type: `integer`):

East edge of the bounding box.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of records to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "positions",
  "shipTypeCategories": [],
  "movingOnly": false,
  "maxResults": 50000
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("straightforward_hydra/maritime-vessel-intelligence").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("straightforward_hydra/maritime-vessel-intelligence").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call straightforward_hydra/maritime-vessel-intelligence --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=straightforward_hydra/maritime-vessel-intelligence",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/RqXjo89B4MroCo4SW/builds/S8rczQOJtIMHgHdC4/openapi.json