Welcome to the Shine Micro Live Vessel Tracking network display. This vessel tracking display allows any marine vessel enthusiast or professional to track a ship and view all ship positions around the world by selecting one of the following live AIS displays. The Google Maps Live AIS Vessel Tracker allows you to view ship positions updated in real time, search for vessels by MMSI number or ship name with the ship finder, view ship details by clicking on the vessel and change to different regions with fewer clicks. The Nautical Chart Live AIS Vessel Tracker allows you to view ship positions overlaid on international maps and nautical charts with vessel tracks showing the routes traveled within the last 4 hours.

Google Maps Vessel Tracking

Nautical Chart Vessel Tracking

The Shine Micro Live Vessel Tracking viewer displays ship positions detected by RadarPlus High Sensitivity AIS Receiver units in that area, including both Class A and Class B AIS Transponder products.

What is AIS? Click to learn more about Class A vs. Class B AIS.

Google Maps Vessel Tracking Display

The Google Maps version of the Vessel Tracking Display allows the you to view live AIS marine traffic on an interactive Google Maps interface. The ship finder function allows you to track a ship by finding its last reported postion anywhere in the world.

The number of vessels in each region are represented by yellow, green, and blue circles. By clicking on a circle, the viewing window zooms in on the selected area, allowing you to quickly view all ship positions for the selected region.

Other features of Google Maps Vessel Tracking Display include:

Ship finder: allows you to search for vessels by MMSI number or vessel name.
Region/Port Search: allows you to quickly move from one ship tracking region to another by selecting specific regions or ports.
Filters: allows you to filter which vessel types and vessel information that is being displayed.

Nautical Chart Vessel Tracking

The Nautical Chart Vessel Tracking Display allows the user to view marine traffic overlaid on static International Maps and Charts. Track a ship as it travels through the selected region with tracks showing the route taken by each vessel.

Vessels that have traveled noticeable distances in the most recent 4-hour period will have its ship positions indicated with a trail of blue dots. These blue indicators represent the course that each vessel has traveled during the past 4 hours. Vessels that lack a trailing blue line have not traveled noticeable distances in the past 4 hours.

Each chart in The Nautical Chart Vessel Tracking Display automatically refreshes every 60 seconds.

Disclaimer

Both the Google Maps Vessel Tracker and Nautical Chart Vessel Tracker are not to be used for navigational purposes. The maps are designed for educational and informational purposes only.