Marine Traffic

IMPORTANT: The MARINE TRAFFIC feature should not be used FOR Navigation. There CAN BE A significant delay (5 minutes to one hour) in between the online reports and real targets POSITION. The MARINE TRAFFIC SERVICE is subject to service interruptions and is provided ‘AS IS’.

If the PC is connected to the Internet, TimeZero can display AIS target from the Marine Traffic Web Site. This service provides free near real-time information, about ship movements and ports, mainly across the coast-lines of Europe, Asia and North America. In order to display the target from the Marine Traffic service, you have to register and create an account on the Marine Traffic Web Site and get an Activation Key for TimeZero: http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/p/partners/timezero

To enter the activation key, open the Targets Options and click on "Marine Traffic API Key:

Once you have entered the activation key in TimeZero, select "Marine Traffic" from the "Targets" button in the Ribbon.

 

Note: After enabling Marine Traffic, it might take a couple of minutes for the information to appear on the screen

AIS received through the Internet from Marine Traffic appears in orange ("real" AIS targets from an AIS receiver connected to TimeZero appear in blue for Class A and green for Class B):

Note that the Marine Traffic targets only appear when the chart is zoomed in at a range of 200NM and below (to avoid loading too much data from the server). Targets are refreshed automatically every one minute or as soon as the chart is scrolled to a new location. It is possible to adjust the maximum "age" of a target that will be displayed on the chart from the Targets Options using the "Do not display Marine Traffic AIS older than..." setting. This is useful if you don't want to display targets that have not been updated on the Marine Traffic website for a long time (out of a receiver range).

To access the target information, rollover the AIS icon with your cursor or click on it. The free Activation Key will allow you to display AIS Position, MMSI, COG, SOG and the time of the last received position (last update). TimeZero users are able to subscribe to an "advanced" service (for a monthly fee) directly on the Marine Traffic website to receive even more detailed information about the target (Name, Size, Destination, ETA, Picture,...):