Search ships
Ships by name, MMSI or IMO, with the site's filters: ship type, flag, length, gross tonnage, deadweight and build year. Each result has name, type, IMO or MMSI, flag, year built, GT, DWT, length, beam, photo and its page. 20 per page; pass next_page back as page (null on the last page).
Every response includes credits_used: the credits this call cost.
Parameters
| name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
q | string | Ship name, MMSI or IMO (up to 32 characters). Optional when a filter is given. Example: maersk |
type | cargo | bulk_carrier | general_cargo | container | reefer | ro_ro | vehicles_carrier | cement_carrier | wood_chips_carrier | urea_carrier | aggregates_carrier | limestone_carrier | landing_craft | livestock_carrier | heavy_load_carrier | tanker | crude_oil_tanker | oil_products_tanker | chemical_oil_tanker | lng_tanker | lpg_tanker | asphalt_bitumen | bunkering_tanker | fso_fpso | other_tanker | passenger | cruise | passenger_cargo | passenger_ro_ro | passenger_ship | fishing | yacht | military | tug | other | unknown | Ship type. |
flag | string | Flag state, two-letter country code (e.g. sg, pa, lr, mt). |
min_length | integer | Minimum length overall in metres. |
max_length | integer | Maximum length in metres. |
min_gt | integer | Minimum gross tonnage. |
max_gt | integer | Maximum gross tonnage. |
min_dwt | integer | Minimum deadweight (t). |
max_dwt | integer | Maximum deadweight (t). |
min_year | integer | Built in or after this year. |
max_year | integer | Built in or before this year. |
in_service | boolean | Only ships in service (default true); false includes scrapped and lost ships. |
page | integer | Page number (default 1). |
Every endpoint also takes fresh, raw, fields (see lean responses and caching).
Example
curl "https://api.api.sh/vessels/v1/search?q=maersk" \
-H "x-api-key: $APISH_KEY" import os, requests
res = requests.get(
"https://api.api.sh/vessels/v1/search",
params={"q": "maersk"},
headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["APISH_KEY"]},
timeout=120,
)
res.raise_for_status()
data = res.json() const url = new URL("https://api.api.sh/vessels/v1/search");
url.searchParams.set("q", "maersk");
const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.APISH_KEY } });
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);
const data = await res.json(); Response
A JSON object with the fields described above, plus raw (the source's own data), cached, fetched_at and credits_used. Errors return {"success": false, "error": "…"} with the HTTP status (see errors). A lookup that ran but found nothing (404) costs the price above; refused calls and errors on our side are free (what's charged).