5 Types of Data Endpoints in Datalastic Maritime API

Vessel Information API Endpoint

With this endpoint, users can access data about ships such as vessel MMSI, IMO, country name, call-sign, ship type and subtype, sip gross tonnage, deadweight, TEU, length, breadth, year built, and home port, liquid gas on board, quantity.

Datalastic has more than 306 vessel types and subtypes which allows users to understand the vessels with great precision.

See a typical vessel information data output on the right.

See here your typical request where “MMSI”, “IMO” and “UUID” are numbers of a vessel:

https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0/vessel_info?api-key={YOUR_API_KEY}&uuid=b8625b67-7142-cfd1-7b85-595cebfe4191
https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0/vessel_info?api-key={YOUR_API_KEY}&mmsi=566093000
https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0/vessel_info?api-key={YOUR_API_KEY}&imo=9525338

Here is a typical response to the data requested:

{
    "data": {
        "uuid": "b8625b67-7142-cfd1-7b85-595cebfe4191",
        "name": "MAERSK CHENNAI",
        "name_ais": "MAERSK CHENNAI",
        "mmsi": "566093000",
        "imo": "9525338",
        "eni": null,
        "country_iso": "SG",
        "country_name": "Singapore",
        "callsign": "9V9409",
        "type": "Cargo - Hazard A (Major)",
        "type_specific": "Container Ship",
        "gross_tonnage": 50869,
        "deadweight": 61614,
        "teu": "4500",
        "liquid_gas": null,
        "length": 249.12,
        "breadth": 37.4,
        "year_built": "2011",
        "is_navaid": false,
        "home_port": null
    },
    "meta": {
        "duration": 0.008994512
        "endpoint": "/api/v0/vessel_info",
        "success": true
    }
}

Maritime Port information API Endpoint

See all the data about marine ports and view information that is essential to you. With Maritime Port information endpoint you will access data about port name, country ISO, country name of that port, unlocode, port type, location (longitude and latitude) and 2 area levels as in the example.

Your typical request:

https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0/port_find?api-key={YOUR_API_KEY}&name=rotterdam

Here is a typical response to the marine ports data requested:

{
 {
    "data": [
        {
            "uuid": "37a8ac5b-d126-d7ce-9aca-7b8249c2efd2",
            "port_name": "ROTTERDAM",
            "country_iso": "NL",
            "country_name": "Netherlands",
            "unlocode": "NLRTM",
            "port_type": "Port",
            "lat": 	51.94331,
            "lon": 4.141812,
            "area_lvl1": "UK Coast & Atlantic",
            "area_lvl2": "Rotterdam Area"
        },
    ],
    "meta": {
        "duration": 0.060431033,
        "endpoint": "/api/v0/port_find",
        "success": true
    }
}

Ship Real-time tracking API Endpoint

With this endpoint, customers can view the current position of the vessels, UUID, Name of the vessel, IMO, MMSI numbers, country ISO, type and subtype of the vessel, current longitude and latitude, speed, course, heading, navigational status, destination and the timestamp of the last position reported.

Your typical request:

https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0/vessel?api-key={YOUR_API_KEY}&uuid=b8625b67-7142-cfd1-7b85-595cebfe4191
https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0/vessel?api-key={YOUR_API_KEY}&mmsi=566093000
https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0/vessel?api-key={YOUR_API_KEY}&imo=9525338

Here is a typical response to the marine ports data requested:

{
    "data": {
        "uuid": "b8625b67-7142-cfd1-7b85-595cebfe4191",
        "name": "MAERSK CHENNAI",
        "mmsi": "566093000",
        "imo": "9525338",
        "eni": null,
        "country_iso": "SG",
        "type": "Cargo - Hazard A (Major)",
        "type_specific": "Container Ship",
        "lat": 35.88855,
        "lon": -5.499166,
        "speed": 0.1,
        "course": 214,
        "navigational_status": "Under Way using engine"" 
        "heading": 44,
        "destination": "MAPTM>ATSEA",
        "last_position_epoch": 1614900540,
        "last_position_UTC":"2021-03-04T23:29:00Z"
    },
    "meta": {
        "duration": 0.009448773,
        "endpoint": "/api/v0/vessel",
        "success": true
    }
}

Zone vessel traffic API Endpoint

In case that you don’t need to monitor a specific vessel but you are rather interested in an area to be supervised, then you have a zone vessel traffic monitoring option. Just define the location you need and the radius around and start seeing all vessel traffic coming to that area.

Your typical request:

https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0/vessel_inradius?api-key={YOUR_API_KEY}&lat=29.15915&lon=-89.25454&radius=3
https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0/vessel_inradius?api-key={YOUR_API_KEY}&mmsi=566093000&radius=5

Here is a typical response to the marine ports data requested:

As you see we found 14 ships in a radius of 3 in a certain location defined by longitude and latitude. For this article, we are going to put a screenshot only of 1 vessel instead of 14 to make it more compact.

{
    "data": {
        "point": {
            "lat": 29.15915,
            "lon": -89.25454,
            "radius": 3
        },
        "total": 14,
        "vessels": [
            {
                "uuid": "1964bb6e-ec2e-5fe3-911b-69a2ca339b6c",
                "name": "LAYLA RENEE",
                "mmsi": "367430840",
                "imo": "null",
                "eni": null,
                "country_iso": "US",
                "type": "Tug",
                "type_specific": "Tug",
                "lat": 29.15903,
                "lon": -89.24783,
                "speed": 0,
                "course": 291,
                "heading": 291,
                "destination": "HEAD OFF",
                "last_position_epoch": 1615046400,
                "last_position_UTC": "2021-03-06T16:00:00Z",
                "distance": 0.351893014470194
            }

Excel Static Databases

In case you need only a static database with Vessel or Ports information, sometimes getting an excel or CSV file also pays off, the upside of this option is that it is a one-time payment and you access data in a very familiar format: Excel, downside tho is that this vessel data with time become outdated and you would need to redownload the file manually. Using API the vessel and Port data is always maintained up to date with the latest standards. 

You can see a full static Excel database offering on our website.