Features
Find the vessels you're after, open the full dataset, and reach the people behind them.
Vessel Hunter starts with a live AIS feed, then adds the part the trackers skip: who owns the ship, who manages her, her inspections and dry docks, and the verified contact who actually picks up the phone.
Track every vessel
Live and historic AIS
Live position, course and speed for over 750,000 commercial vessels, through reliable global AIS coverage from coastal receivers and satellites, so the track holds up far out at sea.
And it does not disappear when she sails on. Scrub back day by day through a clean position history and replay exactly where a ship has been, when she was there and how long she stayed.
Beyond AIS tracking
When a transponder goes dark, by accident or on purpose, you are not left in the dark with it. Our algorithm rebuilds the likely route from port filings, radar hits, vessel history and class records, and shows it with a confidence score and the evidence behind it.
Ports and terminals
Open any port, terminal or anchorage and see what is alongside, at anchor or inbound, with arrival history, dwell times and the agents working each berth. Draw a radius around your yard and we watch it for you.
Know the whole story
Every ship resolves to a single record, pulled together from dozens of sources and kept current as she changes hands.
The vessel dossier
One record per ship, with everything we hold on her. Click a vessel anywhere and the dossier opens: specs, engine, ownership, inspections, dry dock, casualties and class.
Identity and dimensions, normalised across every source.
- IMO
- MMSI
- Call sign
- Flag
- Type
- Build year
- Builder
- DWT
- GT
- LOA
- Beam
- Draught
- Class society
- Manager
- Operator
Ownership and relationships
Ownership in shipping is hard to trace, and rarely sits with one name. We map how the beneficial owner, registered owner, manager and operator connect, and which fleet each one runs, from a single vessel up through the subsidiaries to the whole group, with the contacts inside each.
Risk and detained ships
We flag ships that are sanctioned (OFAC and EU), detained under Paris MoU, or banned, matched by IMO and shown right on the profile. Check a whole fleet or company before you quote, charter or call, with a clear warning signal on every vessel and every company that carries one.
Market intelligence
Roll a fleet up into counts and tonnage by type, flag, build year, owner country and class, with the sales and ownership changes over time. Watch a segment or a competitor move month to month.
For sale and demolition
We pull together vessels for sale, auction lots and demolition listings from brokerage, judicial sale and recycling sources, each tied back to its owner and live profile. See which ships are on the market, then reach the owner first.
Reach the decision maker
Vessel Hunter does not stop at the vessel. We bring you the people behind the companies that run them: verified emails and direct phone numbers for the decision makers, from board members to the technical superintendent, the procurement lead and the operations manager. It is a contact layer we expand and re-check every day, so when a ship changes hands the line you call is still the one that picks up.
Stay alert
Watchlists and alerts
Build watchlists for a fleet, owner, port, route or dark fleet, and get an alert the moment a ship comes inbound, ties up alongside, departs, nears a dry dock window or drops off AIS. Each one lands in your inbox or as a push on the app, with quiet hours and a daily digest when you want it.
Verified lists
Put the vessels, owners or ports you care about into a custom list, or start from our ready-made verified lists, then point your watchlists and alerts straight at it. As ships change hands the list keeps up, so the book you work from never goes stale.
Reports
Export the record as a report, straight from the database. Roll it all into one document, or pull compliance, dry dock activity and casualty history on their own, ready for the review, the board pack or the customer call.
Security and audit log
We follow SOC 2-aligned controls, with SOC 2 Type II certification in progress. Every action is logged, and access is scoped by role, so you and your team see only what you should. A custom DPA and SSO are available on request, and your data, along with the contacts you reveal, stays yours.
Your universal data partner
Vessel Hunter runs in any browser, with nothing to install. Native apps for iPhone, iPad and Android, plus an Apple Watch companion, are on the way: a push the moment a target ship hits your zone, and a call to the operator in one tap.
