VesselAPI·Nov 1What can an AI agent answer from an AIS API via an MCP server?Connected to live AIS data through an MCP server, Claude found 29 to 32 ships at anchor off Durban and dated the longest wait at about 18…A response icon1A response icon1
VesselAPI·Nov 1Has the Rotterdam port backlog cleared after Storm Austen?Six container ships were at anchor off the Maas entrance, the mouth of the port of Rotterdam, when Claude Sonnet counted them on the…
VesselAPI·Nov 1How long are ships waiting at Durban anchorage?On the evening of 1 November, UTC, four Claude runs measured Durban port congestion by counting the ships at Durban anchorage. They found…A response icon1A response icon1
VesselAPI·Sep 17The slowest requests on our API were the ones that found nothingOn 9 September 2026, asking our API for the most recent port event of a vessel took 28 ms if the vessel had one and 2.0 to 2.5 s if it had…A response icon1A response icon1
VesselAPI·Jun 13What ‘Real-Time’ Actually Means for a Vessel Tracking APIOpen any consumer ship-tracking website, zoom in on the Strait of Dover, and you’ll see hundreds of little arrowheads gliding across the…
VesselAPI·Jun 4The Email That Arrived Six Hours LateYou set up the email alert weeks ago. A small, satisfying piece of automation: when the MV Aristos enters the port approach zone, you get a…
VesselAPI·Jun 1What a Port Event Actually Is (And Why Your Timestamps Are Lying to You)Ask someone when a ship “arrives” at a port and you’ll get an answer that sounds obvious. It arrives when it gets there. When it docks…A response icon1A response icon1
VesselAPI·May 25Drawing Lines on the OceanImagine you’ve drawn a circle on a map. It surrounds the Port of Rotterdam, with a bit of slack so you catch ships in the approach. You…
VesselAPI·Apr 28Self-Hosted Vessel Email Alerts with AWS Lambda and SESThe thing you actually want is an email.
