Introduction

Vessel Tracking API

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Vessel Tracking API allows users to search for vessel information and retrieve their location data worldwide.

OpenAPI Specification

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General information

Vessel Tracking API is organized around REST.
Our API has predictable resource-oriented URLs, accepts form-encoded request bodies, returns JSON-encoded responses, and uses standard HTTP response codes, authentication, and verbs.

API endpoint#

1https://tracking.searates.com/api

All endpoints are only accessible via HTTPS and are located at tracking.searates.com

Get vessel data

get/v1/vessels

Our API allows users to search for vessel information and retrieve their location data worldwide.

An API key is a token that you provide when making API calls. Include the token in a query parameter called api_key

Example: ?api_key=123

Headers

Content-Typeapplication/json

Query Parameters

api_keyREQUIREDstring
The API key required for authentication. If you do not have an API key, please contact us to purchase a subscription.
searchREQUIREDstring
Search criteria. Can be a single IMO, MMSI, Vessel Name, or Call Sign, or a comma-separated list of these identifiers.
Examples:96869129686912,355708000,JAMAICA EXPRESS,9V6598
aisOptionalboolean
Include AIS and voyage data in the response. Defaults to false.
Default:false
Examples:true

Response example

Successful response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "message": "OK",
4  "vessels": [
5    {
6      "imo": 9686912,
7      "name": "JAMAICA EXPRESS",
8      "mmsi": 538005959,
9      "call_sign": "V7IL5",
10      "flag": "MH",
11      "year_built": 2015,
12      "type": "Container Ship",
13      "length": 271,
14      "width": 43,
15      "ais": {
16        "timestamp": "2025-05-23 14:19:14",
17        "navigational_status": "Moored",
18        "source": "Terrestrial",
19        "draught": 13.2,
20        "latitude": 35.870705,
21        "longitude": -5.5315418,
22        "course": 135,
23        "speed": 0
24      },
25      "voyage": {
26        "departure_port": {
27          "name": "Valencia",
28          "country_code": "ES",
29          "unlocode": "ESVLC",
30          "date": "2025-05-20 02:34:00",
31          "date_label": "ATD"
32        },
33        "destination_port": {
34          "name": "Tanger Med",
35          "country_code": "MA",
36          "unlocode": "MAPTM",
37          "date": "2025-05-22 10:12:00",
38          "date_label": "ATA"
39        }
40      }
41    }
42  ]
43}