Vessels
Get a vessel
GET/v1/vessels/{mmsi}1 credit
One vessel's last known state however old, with particulars from open registers (builder, year built, gross tonnage, deadweight, registry) and the source of each field. Where the EU list knows her, ism_manager names the company holding her Document of Compliance (EU MRV, EMSA) on Data API Pro and Scale; the field is absent otherwise.
Parameters
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
mmsirequiredinteger | The vessel's MMSI, in the path. |
curl "https://gangwayais.com/v1/vessels/257753000" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $GANGWAY_KEY"
{
"type": "Feature",
"geometry": {
"type": "Point",
"coordinates": [
5.31,
60.39
]
},
"properties": {
"mmsi": 257753000,
"name": "EXAMPLE FERRY",
"type": 60,
"length": 124,
"flag": "NO",
"sog": 12.4,
"cog": 211,
"heading": 210,
"nav_status": 0,
"destination": "BERGEN",
"seen": "2026-11-01T12:58:00Z",
"source": "barentswatch",
"imo": 9308065,
"callsign": "LAXA",
"year_built": 2004,
"gross_tonnage": 6200,
"provenance": {
"year_built": "wikidata",
"gross_tonnage": "wikidata"
},
"class": null
},
"attribution": {
"barentswatch": "Gangway AIS (https://gangway.app). Data delivered by BarentsWatch. Contains data under the Norwegian licence for Open Government data (NLOD) distributed by the Norwegian Coastal Administration."
},
"notice": "Not for navigation. AIS data can be missing, delayed or wrong. Never use it for navigation, collision avoidance, search and rescue or any safety-of-life decision."
}