ShipFinder AIS Data API
ShipFinder, operated by Singapore-based ELANE GLOBAL PTE. LTD., publishes a REST/HTTP maritime data API that turns the global AIS feed into queryable vessel intelligence. Forty documented operations are organised into seven datasets: AIS (single, multi and fleet vessel positions, vessel search, vessels nearby, vessels in a zone, flag information), Voyage (port information, currently berthed and anchored vessels, expected arrivals), History (position tracks, ship-to-ship rendezvous, port-call records by vessel and by port), Prediction (point-to-point and port-to-port route planning with deviation-node constraints, and ETA), Meteorology (global tropical cyclones, tide gauge stations, marine weather), China region coastline navigational warnings, and an Event dataset whose fleet, geofence and speed-alert operations drive seven documented webhook push streams. Authentication is a single API key carried as the "key" query parameter (or body property on writes); every response is JSON in a {status, msg, data} envelope where status 0 means success and errors arrive with HTTP 200. ShipFinder publishes per-endpoint OpenAPI 3.0.1 fragments on its documentation host plus an llms.txt index, and several controlled vocabularies (AIS vessel type, navigation status, sea areas, deviation nodes, AtoN types, service return codes).
Real signal across most facets with visible, nameable gaps — the contract exists but is thin, or the portal is good while governance and commercial terms are absent.
API Evangelist profiles ShipFinder AIS Data API the way a machine reads it — 26 machine-readable artifacts across 7 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — ShipFinder AIS Data API scores 55.6/100 (developing), with a separate agent-readiness read of 50/100 (agent ready). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
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How we profile ShipFinder AIS Data API
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for ShipFinder AIS Data API. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 7
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
ShipFinder AIS Data API AIS Dataset API
The AIS Dataset API from ShipFinder AIS Data API — 7 operation(s) for ais dataset.
ShipFinder AIS Data API China Coastline Warning Dataset API
The China Coastline Warning Dataset API from ShipFinder AIS Data API — 1 operation(s) for china coastline warning dataset.
ShipFinder AIS Data API Event Dataset API
The Event Dataset API from ShipFinder AIS Data API — 14 operation(s) for event dataset.
ShipFinder AIS Data API History Dataset API
The History Dataset API from ShipFinder AIS Data API — 6 operation(s) for history dataset.
ShipFinder AIS Data API Meteorology Dataset API
The Meteorology Dataset API from ShipFinder AIS Data API — 5 operation(s) for meteorology dataset.
ShipFinder AIS Data API Prediction Dataset API
The Prediction Dataset API from ShipFinder AIS Data API — 3 operation(s) for prediction dataset.
ShipFinder AIS Data API Voyage Dataset API
The Voyage Dataset API from ShipFinder AIS Data API — 4 operation(s) for voyage dataset.
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Open Collections 8
Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
API Collection
OPEN COLLECTIONShipFinder Global Maritime Data AIS Dataset API
OPEN COLLECTIONShipFinder Global Maritime Data Event Dataset API
OPEN COLLECTIONShipFinder Global Maritime Data History Dataset API
OPEN COLLECTIONShipFinder Global Maritime Data Meteorology Dataset API
OPEN COLLECTIONShipFinder Global Maritime Data Prediction Dataset API
OPEN COLLECTIONShipFinder Global Maritime Data Voyage Dataset API
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Arazzo Workflows 3
Real integrations are rarely a single call. Arazzo describes the multi-step sequences — auth, then create, then confirm — so both a human and an agent can follow the choreography, not just the endpoints.
Multi-step API workflows described with the Arazzo specification.
Resolve a port and read berthed, anchored and inbound vessels
Native Arazzo workflow over the ShipFinder Global Maritime Data API. Generated by API Evangelist on 2026-08-09; every operationId is verified against openapi/shipfinder-ais-data...
ARAZZOFind a vessel and read its position and recent track
Native Arazzo workflow over the ShipFinder Global Maritime Data API. Generated by API Evangelist on 2026-08-09; every operationId is verified against openapi/shipfinder-ais-data...
ARAZZOPlan a port-to-port route, predict ETA and check active tropical cyclones
Native Arazzo workflow over the ShipFinder Global Maritime Data API. Generated by API Evangelist on 2026-08-09; every operationId is verified against openapi/shipfinder-ais-data...
ARAZZOMCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers expose these APIs directly to AI agents. We profile them because agent-native access is the fastest-growing way this provider's capabilities actually get used.
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
shipfinder-ais-data-api-mcp.yml
MCP SERVERPricing Plans 1
Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the six things the Kin Score reads for commercial clarity.
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Shipfinder Ais Data Api Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSEvent Specifications 2
Not every API is request/response. AsyncAPI describes the event-driven and streaming side — the webhooks and channels — so the asynchronous half of the interface is documented the same way the synchronous half is.
AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.
ShipFinder Event Dataset (push)
DERIVED artifact. ShipFinder documents seven push event types under its Event Dataset, each with a published JSON payload schema, but publishes no AsyncAPI document of its own. ...
ASYNCAPIShipfinder Ais Data Api Webhooks
ASYNCAPISecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Every other property we hold for ShipFinder AIS Data API — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Get Started 5
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 3
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 5
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 10
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 2
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 4
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
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