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Kpler is a commodities intelligence and maritime data platform that tracks cargoes, vessels, and trade flows across oil, refined products, LNG, LPG, and dry bulk markets. Kpler owns MarineTraffic and FleetMon (acquired 2023) and acquired Spire's maritime AIS business (2025), giving it one of the largest terrestrial and satellite AIS vessel tracking networks in the world. Its Direct Access REST APIs deliver trades, flows, vessels, port calls, freight metrics, and inventories per commodity platform, while MarineTraffic APIs deliver live vessel positions, port calls, voyages, and vessel particulars. API access is customer-gated behind an enterprise subscription, but the documentation, Python SDK, and endpoint surface are publicly published.
Kpler publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Aggregations API, Authentication API, and Facts API. Tagged areas include Vessel Tracking, Maritime, Commodities, Supply Chain, and AIS.
Kpler’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, SDKs, and 8 more developer resources.
6 APIs
Vessel Tracking Maritime Commodities Supply Chain AIS Trade Flows Shipping Energy
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APIs 6
Pricing Plans 1
Rate Limits 1
FinOps 1
Security Posture 2
Agentic Access 1
Resources 11
apis.yml
32 Operational Transparency
Composite quality — 36.9/100 · thin
Contract Quality
15.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
5.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity
7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency
4.1 / 13
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
10 / 10
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
10 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
7 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
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Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Build 2
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 1
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Source (apis.yml)
aid: kpler
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kpler/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Kpler
kind: company
description: Kpler is a commodities intelligence and maritime data platform that tracks cargoes, vessels, and trade flows
across oil, refined products, LNG, LPG, and dry bulk markets. Kpler owns MarineTraffic and FleetMon (acquired 2023) and
acquired Spire's maritime AIS business (2025), giving it one of the largest terrestrial and satellite AIS vessel tracking
networks in the world. Its Direct Access REST APIs deliver trades, flows, vessels, port calls, freight metrics, and inventories
per commodity platform, while MarineTraffic APIs deliver live vessel positions, port calls, voyages, and vessel particulars.
API access is customer-gated behind an enterprise subscription, but the documentation, Python SDK, and endpoint surface
are publicly published.
accessModel:
pricing: paid
onboarding: self-serve
trial: false
try_now: false
public: false
label: Paid · Self-serve signup
confidence: high
source:
- plans
- authentication
generated: '2026-07-22'
method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kpler.png
tags:
- Vessel Tracking
- Maritime
- Commodities
- Supply Chain
- AIS
- Trade Flows
- Shipping
- Energy
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: kpler:marinetraffic-api
name: MarineTraffic API
tags:
- Vessel Tracking
- AIS
- Maritime
- Port Calls
- Voyages
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://servicedocs.marinetraffic.com/
baseURL: https://services.marinetraffic.com/api
properties:
- url: https://servicedocs.marinetraffic.com/
type: Documentation
- url: https://www.kpler.com/product/maritime/data-services
type: ProductPage
description: MarineTraffic data services API (property of Kpler) for real-time and historical vessel tracking - current
vessel positions and fleet positions, historical vessel tracks, port calls and berth calls, expected arrivals, voyage
forecasts and ETAs, port congestion, vessel particulars and photos, vessel search, and reverse geocoding. Authenticated
with an api_key issued per service and metered with a credit-based system.
- aid: kpler:marinetraffic-vessels-api
name: MarineTraffic Vessels API
tags:
- Vessel Particulars
- Ownership
- Maritime
- Due Diligence
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://www.kpler.com/product/maritime/vessels-api
baseURL: https://services.marinetraffic.com/api
properties:
- url: https://www.kpler.com/product/maritime/vessels-api
type: ProductPage
description: GraphQL API for vessel intelligence on 220,000+ vessels - technical particulars, dimensions, and capacity plus
six levels of ownership (beneficial owner, registered owner, commercial manager, operator, technical manager, ISM manager)
and associated companies for maritime due diligence, risk, and compliance. Contact-sales product; reference documentation
is delivered to customers.
- aid: kpler:kpler-ais-data-feed
name: Kpler AIS Data Feed
tags:
- AIS
- Vessel Tracking
- Maritime
- Streaming
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://www.kpler.com/product/maritime/kplerais
baseURL: https://api.kpler.com
properties:
- url: https://www.kpler.com/product/maritime/kplerais
type: ProductPage
- url: https://servicedocs-sm.kpler.com/
type: Documentation
description: Global vessel-position data feed launched September 2025 (replacing MarineTraffic AIS and the acquired Spire
Maritime feeds) combining terrestrial, satellite, and roaming AIS from a 9,000+ station network tracking 350,000+ vessels
daily at roughly 5-second latency. Delivered via API, NMEA (TCP), Kafka, or custom extracts under an enterprise contract
- no public WebSocket.
- aid: kpler:kpler-aggregations-api
name: Kpler Aggregations API
description: Flows and other aggregated series.
humanURL: https://liquids.dev.kpler.com/
baseURL: https://api.kpler.com
tags:
- Aggregations
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/kpler-aggregations-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://liquids.dev.kpler.com/
- type: Portal
url: https://developers.kpler.com/
- type: Documentation
url: https://lng.dev.kpler.com/
- type: Documentation
url: https://lpg.dev.kpler.com/
- type: Documentation
url: https://coal.dev.kpler.com/
- type: Documentation
url: https://freight.dev.kpler.com/
- aid: kpler:kpler-authentication-api
name: Kpler Authentication API
description: The Authentication API from Kpler — 1 operation(s) for authentication.
humanURL: https://liquids.dev.kpler.com/
baseURL: https://api.kpler.com
tags:
- Authentication
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/kpler-authentication-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://liquids.dev.kpler.com/
- type: Portal
url: https://developers.kpler.com/
- type: Documentation
url: https://lng.dev.kpler.com/
- type: Documentation
url: https://lpg.dev.kpler.com/
- type: Documentation
url: https://coal.dev.kpler.com/
- type: Documentation
url: https://freight.dev.kpler.com/
- aid: kpler:kpler-facts-api
name: Kpler Facts API
description: Trades, vessels, and other observed fact data.
humanURL: https://liquids.dev.kpler.com/
baseURL: https://api.kpler.com
tags:
- Facts
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/kpler-facts-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://liquids.dev.kpler.com/
- type: Portal
url: https://developers.kpler.com/
- type: Documentation
url: https://lng.dev.kpler.com/
- type: Documentation
url: https://lpg.dev.kpler.com/
- type: Documentation
url: https://coal.dev.kpler.com/
- type: Documentation
url: https://freight.dev.kpler.com/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
url: agentic-access/kpler-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/kpler-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
url: authentication/kpler-authentication.yml
- type: Website
url: https://www.kpler.com
- type: LinkedIn
url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kpler
- type: Documentation
url: https://developers.kpler.com/
- type: SDK
url: https://python-sdk.dev.kpler.com/
- type: PostmanPublicWorkspace
url: https://www.postman.com/kplerdev
- type: Plans
url: plans/kpler-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
url: rate-limits/kpler-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
url: finops/kpler-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com