Vessel Characteristics
We’ve added more vessel characteristic information to provide an in-depth and complete view of the maritime landscape.
Our goal is to provide intelligent, predictive vessel tracking or full maritime awareness and more accurate analytics. Take the guesswork out of decision-making and strategy planning.
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Vessel Characteristics fields are updated on a regular basis and exist within two sets:
Basic fields are available in the Standard and Premium Maritime 2.0 APIs.
Extended fields are available only in the Premium Maritime 2.0 API.
Available fields by type:
Vessel Capacity
deadweight Basic field # The difference between displacement and the empty vessel # (lightweight) at any given draught tpcmi Extended field # Tons per Centimeter Immersion # how many tons are required to increase the draught by 1cm # (useful for trying to estimate the volume of cargo onboard) grossTonnage Basic field # Tonnage measure of vessels based on # the moulded volume of internal spaces netTonnage Extended field # Vessel net tonnage displacement Extended field # The amount of water (in tons) displaced by the ship liquidCubic98Percent Extended field # The liquid cubic capacity of the cargo tanks # when filled to 98% of capacity grainCubicCapacity Extended field # Cubic capacity (in cubic meters) of cargo holds # for grain (and other loose dry commodities) teu Extended field # “Twentyfoot Equivalent Unit” # (measurement of container carrying capacity) holdCount Extended field # No. of holds holdDimensions Extended field # Dimensions of holds hatchCount Extended field # No. of hatches hatchDimensions Extended field # Dimensions of hatches feu Extended field # Fortyfoot Equivalent Unit # (capacity for containers of that size) teuSurplus Extended field # Spare TEU capacity teu14t Extended field # Capacity for containers of 14 tons # (measurement of container carrying capacity) laneMeters Extended field # Lane meter capacity cars Extended field # Car carrying capacity passengers Extended field # Passenger capacity reeferCubic Extended field # Cubic Meter capacity of the refrigerated cargo space
Vessel Design
isCoated Extended field # Indicated if the vessel tanks are coated (Yes/No) isGearless Extended field # Yes if has no lifting gear or No isSelfUnloading Extended field # Yes or no is the vessel self-unloading gearDisplay Extended field # Details of lifting gear gearMaxSwl Extended field # Safe working load (lifting capacity) of the lifting gear reeferPointCount Extended field # No. of plug-in points for refrigerated containers hullTypeCode Extended field # indicates if single or double hull or bottom
Vessel Registration
class1Code Extended field # The name of the classification society who inspects # the vessel and awards statutory certificates class2Code Extended field # The name of the secondary classification society # who certificates dual classed vessels classDetails Extended field # Vessel class details isIceClassed Extended field # Indicates if the vessel ice classed (Yes/No) iceClass Extended field # Ice class type certificates Extended field # Details of any certificates issued
Vessel Propulsion
mainEngineCount Extended field # Number of main engines mainEngineDesigner Extended field # Engine designer propulsionType Extended field # Propulsion type code engineDesignation Extended field # Engine design identifier mcoRpm Extended field # Maximum continuous output RPM mcoKw Extended field # Maximum continuous output KW mcoHp Extended field # Maximum continuous output HP propellerCount Extended field # Number of propellers propellerType Extended field # Propeller type bowThrusterCount Extended field # No. of bow thrusters sternThrusterCount Extended field # No. of stern thrusters
Vessel Dimensions
draught Extended field # Distance between the waterline and keel lengthOverall Extended field # Length overall airDraught Extended field # Distance from the waterline to highest point on vessel keelToManifold Extended field # Distance from the keel to the manifold depth Extended field # Depth (from the deck to keel) beamMoulded Extended field # Beam Moulded berthCount Extended field # No. of sleeping berths
Vessel Bunker
bunkers Extended field # array containing one or multiple bunker (fuel tank) characteristics # contains the following informations for each available bunker: capacity Extended field # Bunker (fuel tank) capacity fuelTypeCode Extended field # Bunker fuel type fuelUnitCode Extended field # Bunker fuel unit (e.g. tonnes, litres) tankCount Extended field # Number of bunker fuel tanks range Extended field # Sailing range of the vessel assuming full fuel tanks
Vessel History
vesselNameDate Extended field # Date vessel's name became active (for history of name changes, etc.) builtYear Basic field # Year vessel was delivered from the shipyard to its owner deadYear Extended field # Year vessel was broken or lost shipBuilder Extended field # Name of ship builder hullNumber Extended field # Hull number assigned by the shipyard registeredOwner Extended field # Registered Owner commercialOwner Extended field # Commercial Owner keelLaidYear Extended field # Date Keel Laid # (keel laying is when construction of the vessel begins) launchYear Extended field # Launch Year # (year vessel was launched from the shipyard for sea trials)
Vessel Type and Trading
vesselSubtype Basic field # Specific subtype of vessel tradingCategoryCode Extended field # Identifies if a vessel is in Service, Dead or Newbuilding tradingStatusCode Extended field # Vessel trading status