MyShipTracking Vessel Scraper

Pull live vessel records from MyShipTracking's global AIS database at scale — ship name, MMSI and IMO numbers, vessel type, sea area, speed over ground, reported destination, dimensions, build year, last-report time, and flag state, one clean row per vessel. Search by name, MMSI, or IMO, narrow by destination, speed range, and build-year range, or paste ready-made vessel-list URLs. Built for maritime logistics teams, commodity and freight analysts, and marine-risk researchers who need structured AIS tracking data without clicking through MyShipTracking's vessel table page by page.

Why This Scraper?

• Global live AIS coverage — every vessel in MyShipTracking's real-time database, from container ships and tankers to tugs and fishing craft, keyed to its own MMSI so results join cleanly to your systems.
• Dual MMSI + IMO identifiers on every row — the two standard maritime IDs side by side, so you can match against classification registers, port systems, and your own fleet records without a second lookup.
• Six combinable search filters — name / MMSI / IMO, reported destination, a minimum and maximum speed-over-ground, and an earliest and latest build year, all applied at the source so you only pay for rows that already match.
• Up to ~10,000 vessels per search — the actor pages a single query all the way to MyShipTracking's own retrieval ceiling and reports an honest partial when a query is broader than that.
• Live last-report timestamps — each row carries the exact time the vessel last transmitted its AIS position, so you can tell an actively-tracked ship from a stale one at a glance.
• Flag-state and sea-area context — the country whose flag each vessel flies plus the sea area or region it was last reported in, ready for compliance screening and regional fleet mapping.
• Speed-over-ground in knots — the reported SOG for every vessel, filterable by range, so you can isolate vessels underway (fast) from those at anchor or in port (near zero).
• Paste-a-URL power mode — copy any filtered MyShipTracking vessel-list URL straight from your browser and the actor collects it exactly as-is, covering searches the structured filters don't.
• Direct vessel-page links — every row includes the MyShipTracking URL for that ship, so a human can open the full profile in one click.

Use Cases

Maritime Logistics & Freight

• Track a carrier's whole fleet by searching its name (e.g. all Maersk-branded vessels)
• Monitor which ships are reporting a given destination port
• Separate vessels underway from those at anchor using the speed filter
• Build arrival watch-lists for a specific terminal or region

Port & Terminal Operations

• List every vessel currently reporting your port as its destination
• Estimate inbound traffic by vessel type heading to a sea area
• Flag stale AIS reports using the last-seen timestamp
• Cross-reference expected callers against MMSI and IMO numbers

Market & Commodity Intelligence

• Map tanker or bulk-carrier movements toward key discharge ports
• Segment a fleet by build year to gauge vessel age and capacity
• Track fast-moving cargo vessels on a given trade lane
• Feed vessel counts by destination into freight-rate models

Insurance & Marine Risk

• Screen a vessel's flag state and identifiers before underwriting
• Isolate older tonnage by capping the build-year range
• Verify a ship's MMSI/IMO pairing against your own records
• Build watch-lists of vessels bound for higher-risk regions

Research, OSINT & Compliance

• Assemble datasets of vessels by flag state for regional studies
• Look up a single ship instantly by pasting its MMSI or IMO into the name field
• Monitor named vessels of interest across the global feed
• Enrich a maritime CRM or database with current type, size, and flag data

Getting Started

Track a Whole Fleet by Name

The simplest run — every vessel whose name matches "Maersk":

{
    "vesselName": "Maersk",
    "maxResults": 200
}

Fast Tankers Bound for Singapore

Combine a destination with a speed range to isolate vessels actively underway to one port:

{
    "destination": "Singapore",
    "speedMin": 15,
    "speedMax": 20,
    "maxResults": 300
}

Narrow a Fleet Segment by Age and Speed

Layer build-year and speed filters to zero in on a specific slice of the fleet:

{
    "vesselName": "Evergreen",
    "buildYearMin": 2015,
    "buildYearMax": 2022,
    "speedMin": 1,
    "maxResults": 500
}

Paste a Ready-Made Vessel-List URL

Copy any filtered MyShipTracking vessel-list URL from your browser and collect it exactly as-is:

{
    "startUrls": [
        "https://www.myshiptracking.com/vessels?name=evergreen"
    ],
    "maxResults": 200
}

Input Reference

What to Collect

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	string[]	[]	Optional. Paste one or more full MyShipTracking vessel-list URLs (for example, copied from your browser after applying filters on the site). Each URL is collected exactly as-is and paged to completion. When set, these URLs override the structured filters below.
vesselName	string	""	Only include vessels whose name matches this text (partial matches allowed). Also accepts an MMSI or IMO number to look up a single ship. Leave blank to include any name.

Filters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
destination	string	""	Only include vessels reporting this destination (for example, a port name). Leave blank to include any destination.
speedMin	integer	(none)	Only include vessels moving at least this fast, in knots. Leave blank for no minimum (set to 1 to skip stationary vessels).
speedMax	integer	(none)	Only include vessels moving no faster than this, in knots. Leave blank for no maximum.
buildYearMin	integer	(none)	Only include vessels built in this year or later (for example, 2000). Leave blank for no lower limit.
buildYearMax	integer	(none)	Only include vessels built in this year or earlier. Leave blank for no upper limit.

Limits

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
maxResults	integer	100	Hard cap on the total number of vessels to collect. Increase for bigger runs, or set to 0 for no cap (up to the per-search ceiling). The actor stops starting new pages once the cap is reached but keeps the full final page, so it may slightly overshoot.

Output

Each vessel is one flat row with 13 fields. Here's a representative result:

{
    "vessel": "MAERSK EDINBURGH",
    "mmsi": "477178300",
    "imo": "9456769",
    "type": "Cargo - Container Ship",
    "area": "North Sea",
    "speed": 18.4,
    "destination": "ROTTERDAM",
    "size": "366 x 48",
    "build": 2011,
    "received": "2026-07-03 14:22 UTC",
    "country": "Hong Kong",
    "flag": "https://www.myshiptracking.com/img/flags/hk.png",
    "url": "https://www.myshiptracking.com/vessels/maersk-edinburgh-mmsi-477178300-imo-9456769"
}

Identifiers

Field	Type	Description
vessel	string	Vessel name as reported over AIS
mmsi	string	Maritime Mobile Service Identity — the 9-digit AIS station ID
imo	string	IMO number, the permanent hull identifier. Null for smaller craft that carry no IMO.
url	string	Direct link to the vessel's MyShipTracking page

Voyage & Status

Field	Type	Description
type	string	Vessel type (e.g. Cargo, Tanker, Tug, Passenger)
area	string	Sea area or region the vessel was last reported in
speed	number	Speed over ground in knots at the last AIS report
destination	string	Destination port the vessel is reporting. Null when none is reported.
received	string	Time of the vessel's most recent AIS position report

Vessel Particulars

Field	Type	Description
size	string	Overall dimensions (length x breadth, in metres). Null for craft with no reported size.
build	number	Year the vessel was built. Null when not published.
country	string	Flag state — the country whose flag the vessel flies
flag	string	URL of the flag-state icon image

Fields like imo, size, and build are gracefully returned as null for small craft and older vessels that don't publish them, so your downstream schema stays consistent.

Tips for Best Results

• Look up a single ship by its number. The vesselName field also accepts an MMSI or IMO number — paste one to jump straight to a specific vessel instead of a name search.
• Skip vessels sitting in port. Set speedMin to 1 to drop stationary ships (speed near zero) and keep only vessels actively underway.
• Narrow a fleet segment by combining filters. Pair a build-year range with a speed range to isolate, say, post-2015 vessels currently making way — far sharper than either filter alone.
• Go deeper on very broad searches by splitting them. Each search returns up to ~10,000 vessels; if a query is broader than that, run it in slices (for example by build-year band or destination) so every slice fits under the ceiling.
• Start small, then scale. Set maxResults to 20–50 on your first run to confirm the data matches your needs, then raise the cap.
• Use paste-a-URL for filters the fields don't cover. Apply any combination of filters on MyShipTracking itself, copy the resulting vessel-list URL into startUrls, and the actor collects it exactly as shown.
• Match on MMSI and IMO together. Because every row carries both identifiers, you can reconcile against port-call data keyed on either one without a second pass.

Pricing

From $1.60 per 1,000 results — flat pay-per-result pricing with no compute or time-based surprises. Bronze, Silver, and Gold subscribers pay progressively less; the table below shows total cost at each discount tier.

Results	No discount	Bronze	Silver	Gold
100	$0.19	$0.18	$0.17	$0.16
1,000	$1.90	$1.80	$1.70	$1.60
10,000	$19.00	$18.00	$17.00	$16.00
100,000	$190.00	$180.00	$170.00	$160.00

A "result" is any vessel row in the output dataset. No compute or time-based charges — you pay per result, plus a small fixed per-run start fee.

Integrations

Export data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS. Connect to 1,500+ apps via:

• Zapier / Make / n8n — Workflow automation
• Google Sheets — Direct spreadsheet export
• Slack / Email — Notifications on new results
• Webhooks — Trigger custom APIs on run completion
• Apify API — Full programmatic access

Legal & Ethical Use

MyShipTracking publishes vessel positions from the public AIS network, which ships broadcast for navigational safety. This actor is designed for legitimate logistics, market research, risk assessment, and maritime research use. Users are responsible for complying with applicable laws and MyShipTracking's Terms of Service. Do not use extracted data for harassment, unlawful surveillance, or any purpose that endangers a vessel or its crew.