When MarineTraffic was founded in 2007, it operated with only a handful of AIS stations, becoming the first ship-tracking platform at that time. Over a decade and a half later, we’ve expanded significantly, currently owning the world’s largest AIS terrestrial network with more than 6,200 stations across the globe. The[…]
Under the hood
Vessel valuations: an art or science?
MarineTraffic is a gold mine of maritime information. In keeping with its ethos to create a hub where the “maritime industry connects and collaborates to create a more transparent and robust shipping ecosystem, and a greener, cleaner world,” its online platform reveals not only where a ship has been, and[…]
The Best of the Blog in 2022
As 2022 draws to a close, we wanted to share your favourite pieces from our blog. As well as MarineTraffic’s latest product news, pieces about environmental issues and compelling real-life shipping industry events also made it into the top 10. We hope you can carve out time for marine-themed reading[…]
Knowledge Is Power: IMO E-learning for Low Carbon Shipping
Back in May, as part of our involvement with the IMO, we featured the launch of their e-learning course designed to help the maritime industry reduce its environmental carbon footprint. The self-paced online course, aimed at seafarers, is a free resource. It provides practical steps for reducing energy use at sea[…]
Bringing our community together (Station Owners’ E-Summit)
The first Station Owners’ E-Summit took place in late September 2022, in an effort to bring our community together and keep them up to date with stations’ performance and online services. More than 500 station owners showed interest to attend the e-summit analysing ways to enhance our stations’ performance and[…]
MarineTraffic Podcast: “People in maritime”
Shipping is about many things. Ships are, obviously, one of them. So are the sea, the ports, and the operations that need to be done for a voyage to be planned. But most importantly shipping is about the people. In our new podcast series, “People in maritime” we aim to[…]