Ship Movements

Ship Movements, originated from IHS Markit, includes port and anchorage callings, vessels currently at ports, berth callings, and AIS ship positions.

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This dataset includes:
  • Current Port Calls: Ships currently in port. Once a ship has departed the port it will no longer appear in the next data extract and will instead appear in the Port Movements dataset.
  • Berth Calls: This dataset provides global vessel callings to Berths. Callings are reported when a vessel enters and subsequently departs a berth zone.
  • AIS Positions Terrestrial: Latest ship positions reported on a daily basis. Ships report their positions in AIS messages which are picked up by our network of over 3,000+ land-based antenna.
  • AIS Positions Combined: Latest ship positions reported on a daily basis. Ships report their positions in AIS messages which are picked up by our network of over 3,000+ land-based antenna and two satellite providers. This dataset reports AIS ship positions picked up by both satellite and antenna and offers better coverage of ship positions than the terrestrial dataset.
  • Port Callings and Anchorage Callings: Calling data is reported once a vessel has sailed from one of the 12,000+ geofenced zones, which are linked to the ports database.

Please note this dataset includes both Ship Movements and Ship Movements History. The field count for Ship Movements is 107; the field count for Ship Movements History is 30.

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  • Primary Entity TypeOther
  • Geographic CoverageGlobal
  • Industry CoverageIndustrials
  • History Initiated2015
  • Earliest Significant Coverage2015
  • Point In TimeYes
  • Data SourceTerrestrial & Satellite AIS
  • Field Count100s
  • Delivery ChannelFeed
  • Delivery PlatformFTP
  • Reporting FrequencyDaily
  • Dataset LatencyDaily


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