Alerts the moment something changes
Arrivals and departures, plus problems spotted automatically: a lost signal, a vessel aground or not under command, a position that jumps. Get them as push notifications, by email or by webhook.
Live AIS fleet tracking
Your fleet, in view.
VesselWatch puts every vessel you follow on one live map — grouped, colour-coded and watched around the clock — and tells you the moment one arrives, leaves or goes quiet.
- Works in any browser
- Installs on phone, tablet and desktop
1 minbetween updates for tracked vessels
2 sourcesBarentsWatch AIS first, Marinesia worldwide
0 guessesno verified position, no marker on the map
Any screenphone, tablet, laptop or wall display
What it does
Everything you need to keep an eye on a fleet
From one ship to hundreds, across one coast or every ocean. VesselWatch collects the positions, sorts the fleet the way you think about it, and only interrupts you when something changes.
Geofences that know who’s inside
Draw areas around ports, fields and anchorages. See which vessels are inside right now, and get told when one enters or leaves — for tracked vessels, chosen groups or vessels, or a tag.
Fleet telemetry
Speed, course and status for every vessel, and how much of the fleet has a fresh position.
Groups, colours and tags
Organise the fleet the way you work, then filter the map and lists down to what matters now.
Share with a code
Pick some groups and share them read-only with a 12-digit code. Stop sharing whenever you like.
Tracks and history
Follow where a vessel has been, coloured by its speed.
Weather at the vessel
Wind, waves and currents from MET Norway and Open-Meteo.
Vessel profiles
Identity, photo and particulars alongside every position.
Import and update from a file
Bring a whole fleet in at once, and keep it in step later.
Teams and companies
Invite colleagues to one shared fleet, with roles and seats.
Install it as an app
Its own icon and window on Android, iPhone, iPad and desktop.
How it works
Up and running in three steps
- 01
Add your vessels
Search by name, paste an IMO, MMSI or MarineTraffic link, or import the whole fleet from a file. Sort vessels into groups, each with its own colour.
- 02
VesselWatch finds them
Positions come from BarentsWatch AIS where Norway’s coverage reaches, and from Marinesia everywhere else. Tracked vessels update every minute; the rest of the fleet keeps updating in the background.
- 03
Hear about what matters
Set geofences around the places you care about. Arrivals, departures and problems reach you on your phone, by email or through a webhook, and stay in the fleet’s alert log.
Data you can trust
Real positions, clearly labelled
A dot on a map is only useful if you know where it came from and how old it is. Every position in VesselWatch keeps its source and the time the vessel actually reported it — separate from when we checked.
- BarentsWatch AIS from the Norwegian Coastal Administration comes first
- Marinesia fills in the rest of the world
- Approximate positions are marked, and old reports fade
- A vessel without a verified position stays in your list, never guessed onto the map
Vessel positionSurvey vessel BarentsWatch AIS
- Reported by the vessel
- 08:41 UTC
- Checked by VesselWatch
- 08:42 UTC
- Speed · course
- 11.8 kn · 214°
- Status
- Under way using engine
Under way and silent for 12 hours? The vessel is flagged as signal lost, not left looking fine.
About us
We built the fleet view we wanted ourselves
VesselWatch began as a private dashboard for following a mixed offshore fleet — supply ships, subsea and survey vessels, rigs and tankers — along the Norwegian coast and further afield. Public tracking sites showed one ship at a time, often with old positions, and no way to group them or be told when something changed. So we built something that does.
Today VesselWatch is a small, independent product made in Norway, shaped by the people who use it to look after their vessels every day.
Real positions, or none
We would rather show you nothing than show you a guess. Accuracy comes before appearances.
Your fleet stays yours
Fleets are private to your account or company. When you share, you choose the groups — your notes, alerts and contact details stay with you.
Made for the shore side
For operations rooms, owners and agents who need to know where a ship is and when it moves — on a wall screen, a laptop or a phone.
Your fleet is waiting.
Open the dashboard to see your vessels, or create an account to start a fleet of your own.