Ship Finder

Real time ship movements on the iPhone and iPod!

Want to know what ships are in the harbour? Live by the sea and want information on the boats going by? Or maybe you are just interested in shipping, ports and vessels around the world? Ship Finder will do this and more!

Notable new feeds include:
USA/CA - California, Eastern Seaboard, New Orleans, Montreal, Quebec
Worldwide - St Petersburg, Keelung, Tokyo, Tianjin

Ship Finder is a great app that provides real time information on ships across the globe. Its easy to use and is fully integrated into Google Maps. Its easy to switch between map views and details and even pulls in photos of most ships.

Ship Finder is also great for the serious vessel tracking enthusiast using real time feeds and plots from popular ports
and seaways around the world.

Many maritime professionals also use Ship Finder too.

Ship Finder works by picking up AIS feeds used by all vessels to transmit their name, position, destination and lots more.
Its fascinating and great fun to see whats going on!

We have included the following locations:-

USA - North East Seaboard - New Jersey, New York & Boston up to Bar Harbour
USA - Baltimore
USA - Fort Lauderdale
USA - New Orleans
USA - Texas
USA - South California inc Los Angeles
USA - North California inc San Francisco
USA - Portland OR
USA - Seattle + Vancouver Approach
CA - Vancouver
CA - Montreal & Quebec
USA - Lake Superior
USA - Dry Ridge
CA - Newfoundland
UK - Solent
UK - English Channel
UK - Ramsgate, Dover & Strait of Dover
UK - Great Yarmouth
UK - Grimsby, Hull & Scarborough
UK - North East - Blyth to Middlesbrough
UK - Aberdeen
UK - Orkney
UK - Firth of Clyde
UK - Irish Sea
UK - Lands End
UK - Plymouth
UK - Guernsey
EU-GR - Greece
EU - Baltic
EU - Northern Baltic
EU-DE - Germany
EU-DE - Rostock
EU-SE - West Sweden
EU-SE - Stockholm
EU-NO - South Norway & Skagerak
EU-NO - Norway
EU-NO - Stavanger
EU-NO - Bronnoysund
EU-NO - Kristiansand
EU-DK - Skagen
EU-NL - Terschelling
EU-NL - Amsterdam
EU-NL - Rotterdam
EU-NL - Delfzijl
EU-BE - Antwerp
EU-BE - Ostend & Zebrugge
EU - Western Mediterranean
EU-PT - Portugal
EU-ES - Costa Azahar
EU-ES - Murcia
EU-ES - Valencia
EU-ES - Costa Brava
EU-ES - Gran Canaria
EU-FR - Nantes
EU-FR - South of France
EU-IT - North Italy
EU-MT - Malta
EU-BG - Bulgaria & Romania
CH - Tianjin
AUS - Sydney
AUS - East Coast
NZ - Auckland
BR - Costa Verde
CAR - Guadeloupe
GU - Conakry (Guinea)

If you are a Ship Plotter hobbyist you can even link to your own data via a simple URL entry field. If you want us to add your feed just let us know and we'll try to integrate it.

Frequently Asked Questions

If I have Ship Plotter software can I use Ship Finder to link to it?
Yes. Just enter the web data feed URL into the app. We can even include it in future releases.

Why is the feed not working?
Sometimes feeds are turned off or not available. pinkfroot have no control over the internet feeds used by the application.

Can I use Ship Finder for navigational purposes?
Definitely not. Like all AIS internet feeds Ship Finder must not be used for navigational purposes.

How do I change the ship feed?
Just click the tools icon, spin the selector and click set. The selector will show you the list of feeds currently included in the app.

How do I enter a custom feed?
Go to the iPhone/iPod Settings and select Ship Finder from the list.

Do I need to physically be in a chosen location to see the ship data?
No, you can view the ship data regardless of your physical location and can switch between the feeds we have included.

Disclaimer: Ship Finder is provided as a tool to view internet facing Shipplotter data that is shared by shipplotter owners via the Shiplotter internet sharing function. Shipplotter does not endorse, nor is it affiliated in any way with Ship Finder or the owners of the application.