# ShipFinder AIS Data API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/shipfinder-ais-data-api/  
**Website:** https://open.shipfinder.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

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).

## Kin Score — 55.6 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-17 under rubric 0.11.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 55.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 66.0 |
| Governance | 21.9 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 60.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 76.3 |

## Agent readiness — 49.8 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| MCP Server | derived |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | yes |
| Agent Skills | derived |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## APIs (7)

- **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.

## MCP servers (1)

- **shipfinder-ais-data-api-mcp.yml**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Shipfinder Ais Data Api Agentic Access** — 40 operations · 11 acting

## Security (2)

- **Shipfinder Ais Data Api Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Shipfinder Ais Data Api Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Shipfinder Ais Data Api Plans**

## Tags

AIS, Maritime Data, Vessel Tracking, Ship Tracking, Vessel Data, Historical AIS, Geospatial, GIS, Logistics, Supply Chain, Weather, Meteorology, Trade, Commodities, Compliance, Risk, Event Streaming, Webhooks

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/shipfinder-ais-data-api/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.