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Vessel Traffic MCP server

Ask your AI where a ship is, where it has been, and what shipping schedules look like, with sources.

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This is a helper that lets your AI look up ships and shipping schedules. You can ask about a vessel by name or number, see its recent positions, and check carrier schedules between ports. It is handy if you work in shipping, freight, trade, or logistics and want quick answers without hopping between websites.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat with you. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill or a connection to an app or service. This one connects your AI to public vessel tracking and shipping schedule sources. Once it is connected, you can ask your AI about a ship or a route, and it will fetch the details for you.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI something like where a ship is right now. Your AI passes that question to this helper. The helper talks to public vessel tracking and schedule sources, then hands the results back. Your AI shows you the answer in the chat, along with the name of the source and a link you can open. It is read-only, so it looks things up but does not change anything anywhere.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “Where is the ship EVER GIVEN right now?”, the Vessel Traffic MCP server connects it to Vessel tracking service, and you get back ship details and source link.

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What you can do with it

Find a ship by name, MMSI, IMO, or callsign
See a vessel's latest reported position
See where a vessel has been recently
List vessels in a specific area
Look up port calls for a vessel
Search carrier schedules between two ports
Check a vessel's schedule and rough delay hints

Try asking your AI

“Find the current position of EVER GIVEN and show the source link.”
“Search carrier schedules from KRPUS to NLRTM and include the source URL.”
“Which vessels are near the port of Singapore right now?”
“Look up the vessel with MMSI 353136000 and tell me where it has been.”

What it gives back to you

You get answers in plain chat text: a ship's name and details, its latest position, a list of past positions, or a list of schedule options between two ports. Every live result comes with the name of the source and a link you can open to check it yourself. Some tools also give rough delay hints based on the schedule. Nothing is changed on any website, because this helper only reads.

Before you start

What you need

The Claude desktop app or another app that supports MCP servers
Node.js installed on your computer (the free tool that runs the helper)
A free account on the public tracking sites if you want live data from them

Good to know

It only reads data, but the live results come from third-party sites, so check the source link before you rely on a position or schedule for a real decision.

Install it with your AI

Add Vessel Traffic MCP server to your AI, no technical skills needed

You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.

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Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check Vessel Traffic MCP server, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,066 MCP servers here for you.