IHS Fairplay AISLive
Track real-time ship movements, updated every three minutes, 24/7. Fairplay AISLive was the first global Automatic Identification System (AIS) network to track real-time ship and vessel movements through an online application.

Today, the award-winning AISLive antenna network extends across five continents, over 2,500 ports and 100 countries. Every three minutes, 24 hours a day, we update the positions of over 54,000 individual ships. Find out why over 107,000 users rely on AISLive to support their daily business decisions
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IHS Fairplay AISLive is the industry's original online software for tracking real-time ship and vessel movement through a global Automatic Identification System (AIS). IHS is continuously enhancing the AISLive network, garnering one of the most prestigious industry awards along the way.* As you are reading this, AISLive is tracking over 54,000 vessels and updating their coordinates every three minutes, 24 hours a day, across five continents, 2,500 ports and 100 countries. Subscribers need only click on a vessel to receive details, such as IMO number, MMSID, latitude, longitude, course, speed and next port. No other vessel-tracking software displays the IHS Fairplay breadth of coverage, with the option to have instant links to our databases detailing over 180,000 ships and 200,000 related companies.
Key features of AISLive include:
- Real time ship movements worldwide
- 24-hour access
- Available as a mobile app
- Simplified charts with 16 levels of zoom
- Ship data, including name, operator, type, call sign, dimensions and photos
- Links to Sea-web available
- Ship search - to locate current or last reported position
- Most recent, nearest and next port data
- Triggers and alert services
*AISLive Ltd has won the Data and IT Innovation Transfer Award, which was presented at this year's Defense Technology Exchange Innovation Awards in London. The Awards are part of a national initiative from the Defense Diversification Agency, which is part of the UK Ministry of Defense.
Who uses our services? How? Marine equipment companies - To accurately identify port callings to facilitate supply
- To identifying new business opportunities
Border security and military - To receive details of ships that are due
- To receive alerts for monitoring potential risks
Port authorities and operators - To improve traffic management by calculating more accurate ETAs using real-time positions
Port agents - To improve service levels by calculating more accurate ETAs using real-time positions
Maritime organizations - To track vessels and analyze traffic volumes
IHS Fairplay AISLive enables you to:
- Track real-time vessel movements using a solution that requires no installation and can be accessed from any internet-enabled PC
- Identify the exact position of ships and where they are going
- Set trigger zones and alerts to inform you when a ship enters a specific area
- Gain a competitive advantage by using the most accurate, current and comprehensive data available
Sales Contacts
For more information on Maritime Intelligence & Publications: IHS Fairplay products, contact us:
The Americas
+1 305 718-9929
Miami
Europe, Middle East & Africa
+44 1737 379000
UK
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+65 6576 5300
Singapore
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