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war-tracker.com Vessel AIS Position by IMO
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war-tracker.com Vessel AIS Position by IMO is a paid API for AI agents from war-tracker.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001000/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Returns the latest AIS position (lat/lon, speed, course, destination, timestamp, age) for a single vessel identified by IMO number.
Price / call$0.001000
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Latest AIS position for one vessel by IMO. Returns lat/lon (WGS84), speed over ground (`sog`, knots), course over ground (`cog`, degrees true 0-360), AIS destination string (free-form, operator-entered), captured-at UTC, and `age_seconds` since the ping was received. Free for browsers, AI-search crawlers, and link-preview bots; paid via x402 for training-crawler UAs (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot, …). AIS pings arrive every 1-180 s depending on vessel speed and satellite/terrestrial coverage —…
Output
Returns a JSON object containing the vessel's current latitude and longitude in WGS84, speed over ground in knots, course over ground in degrees true (0-360), the operator-entered AIS destination string, the UTC timestamp when the position was captured, and the number of seconds elapsed since that ping was received.
Example use cases
Confirm ship arrival at port
“Can you check whether the cargo ship with IMO 9876543 has reached its destination yet — look up its current AIS position and destination string, and tell me if it looks like it's docked or still underway?”
Monitor tanker speed and heading
“I need to know the current speed and course of oil tanker IMO 9234567 — pull its latest AIS fix and let me know how fast it's moving, which direction it's heading, and how fresh that data is.”
Verify vessel location before handoff
“Before we coordinate the tugboat, can you grab the most recent AIS position for the vessel with IMO 9512345 — I need its exact lat/lon, whether it's moving or at anchor, and how many seconds ago that last ping came in?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://war-tracker.com/api/v1/vessels/:imo/positionWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need the single most recent AIS fix for one vessel by IMO number and want structured position data (lat/lon, sog, cog, destination, freshness age). Prefer it over the polyline/history endpoint when you only need the current snapshot, not a track. It is the fastest and cheapest per-call option for point-in-time vessel location.
Side effects
- IMO not found in database — 404 with no position data
- Vessel not transmitting AIS — stale or missing data returned
- Invalid IMO format — 400 bad request
- Age_seconds very large (hours/days) if vessel is in satellite-coverage gaps or dark
- Payment required error if called with a training-crawler user-agent without x402 payment
- Rate limiting if too many calls without payment credentials
Input
{
"imo": "9321483"
}Output
{
"cog": 232,
"imo": null,
"lat": -5.9150782,
"lon": 79.301132,
"sog": 17.6,
"mmsi": null,
"ship_id": "159196",
"age_seconds": 1637971,
"destination": "ESALG",
"captured_utc": "2026-05-21T21:19:17.259000+00:00"
}Tags
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