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What is the best MarineTraffic app?

What is the best MarineTraffic app?

myshiptracking With its large database, myshiptracking allows users to monitor vessels and ports efficiently to analyze the marine traffic across the world. The website also allows you to save your browsing data and offers its service to iPhone and Android users through mobile apps.

How do I check my MarineTraffic?

You can visualise its past movements with our Past Track feature. Through the Live Map toolbar, simply search for the vessel you want to track and select the Past Track option on the new window that is displayed. By clicking on the button, the vessel’s past positions will be shown on the map.

How does MarineTraffic app work?

The system is based on the collection and processing of data transmitted via the AIS (Automatic Identification System). The AIS-Receiving stations that comprise the MarineTraffic network pick-up such data and share it with the MarineTraffic central database. The contents of any incoming NMEA sentence can be decoded.

How do Marines get free traffic?

Anyone with a MarineTraffic account can start a free trial. If you do not have a MarineTraffic account, you will be prompted to set one up when you click on a “Start Free Trial” button. Once you complete the registration process, your 7 day Free Trial will start automatically.

How often does marine traffic update?

As a rule of thumb, in-range vessels will be updated on a 60-second basis (1 position report per MMSI per minute). The Live Map (and the other website pages) update accordingly.

Where does marine traffic get its data?

Data is gathered from in excess of 18,000 AIS equipped volunteer contributors in over 140 countries around the world. Information provided by AIS equipment, such as unique identification, position, course, and speed is then transferred to the main Marine Traffic servers for display via the website in real time.

What happened to the ship that got stuck?

The container ship stuck in the Suez Canal has been fully dislodged and is currently floating, after six days of blocking the vital trade route. Several dredgers, including a specialized suction dredger that can extract 2,000 cubic meters of material per hour, dug around the vessel’s bow, the company said.

Is the boat still stuck in the canal?

The fate of the now-famous Ever Given cargo vessel continues to be newsworthy. While the 1300-foot-long container ship has been freed from its sideways grounding in the Suez Canal, it remains in the canal. The Ever Given currently remains inside the Suez Canal, in a wider area called the Great Bitter Lake.

Is there a marine traffic app on Google Play?

After trying out the Marine Traffic app (you have 2 hours to request a refund from Google Play Store if you don’t like it), I decided to pay another $3.99 for the “augmented reality” feature where, sighting through your phone’s camera, you can point it at a visible vessel and get an ID for it.

How to find ships in the MarineTraffic database?

MarineTraffic Live Ships Map. Discover information and vessel positions for vessels around the world. Search the MarineTraffic ships database of more than 550000 active and decommissioned vessels. Search for popular ships globally. Find locations of ports and ships using the near Real Time ships map. View vessel details and ship photos.

Which is the best app to track ships?

MarineTraffic displays near real-time positions of ships and yachts worldwide. Connected to the largest network of land-based AIS receivers, the app covers most major ports and shipping routes. • View VESSELS ON THE LIVE MAP, search for ships, boats and seaports and see what’s near you!