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MarineTraffic Ships & Wind app review: displays real-time positions of ships worldwide 2021

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Introduction

This is a must-have iPhone nautical app for any of you who are out on the water on a regular basis and are looking for a reliable source of marine traffic information. It provides the positions of more than 80,000 vessels per day on an interactive map utilizing Automatic Identification System or AIS.

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Although I have pretty much no use whatsoever for this nautical app, I really can’t deny its overall quality, nor the thought that has clearly gone into providing sailors with a reliable navigational resource.

I can’t really comment on this app from the perspective of an ongoing user, but I’ve seen enough apps in the Travel category of the App Store to know that this is definitely a worthwhile purchase to the right person.

Keep reading our MarineTraffic Ships & Wind app review to learn more about this top nautical app for iPhone and iPad users.

MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking

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Track More Than 80,000 Vessels Daily

MarineTraffic Ships & Wind provides a fully interactive map that you can use to view the real-time positions of ships around the world, with reported locations based on Automatic Identification System or AIS.

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This covers a whopping 80,000+ vessels on a daily basis, and you’ll also enjoy coverage of more than 4,000 ports around the world, plus a large number of open-sea areas to make navigation even easier.

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View Real-Time Dock Arrival Information

The information on each port is fairly detailed, including the arrival and departure times which are recorded in real time. You can also very easily find out the current conditions in any port, as well as the details of docked vessels, estimated time of arrivals, and loads more.

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There is a very cool My Fleet section that you can use to create a record of your vessels, but if you have just the one and would like to see more than one then visit the photo gallery and you’ll have access to more than a million vessels, ports, and lighthouses.

MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking

Free

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Enjoy worldwide coverage of more than 4,000 ports and open-sea areas
  • Watch the positions reported by more than 80,000 vessels per day on an interactive map
  • Search for the current conditions in ports, vessel details, historical data, and estimated time of arrivals
  • Port arrivals and departures are recorded in real time
  • Easily search for any vessels or ports near your current location
  • View a detailed wind forecast on an interactive map
  • Browse the photo gallery for more than one million pictures of vessels, ports, and lighthouses

Cons                   

  • There is nothing negative to say about this app

Final Words

MarineTraffic Ships & Wind appears to be a very solid navigational tool for mariners and mermaids alike, and although I don’t know the first thing about sailing, I can certainly imagine it to be pretty darned convenient to have all of this information available on your iPad rather than half a dozen different instruments.

MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking

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MarkBangs

Mark is an opinionated writer who loves to review apps. In 2012, he started reviewing Apple apps on a regular basis and wonders how he survived up to that point without these apps.