# Looking for ship position

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/looking-for-ship-position/62649>\
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [March 22, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/looking-for-ship-position/62649 "2022-03-22T12:50:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@Ant](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Ant)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/looking-for-ship-position/62649/1 "2022-03-22T12:50:19Z")

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How do I track the ship position at the ocean which is carrying our valuable cargo?

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**Author:** ![PDCMATE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PDCMATE](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/PDCMATE)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/looking-for-ship-position/62649/2 "2022-03-22T12:56:35Z")

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Do you know the name of the vessel or the IMO number?

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**Author:** ![Dano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Dano](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Dano)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/looking-for-ship-position/62649/3 "2022-03-22T16:58:20Z")

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Just search Google Maps for “the ocean” and look for the dollar signs.

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**Author:** ![Jurgen54](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jurgen54/32/27113_2.png) [@Jurgen54](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Jurgen54)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/looking-for-ship-position/62649/4 "2022-03-23T00:47:33Z")

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As PCDMATE says, knowing almost vessel’s name, use:

> **[MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic](https://www.marinetraffic.com)**
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> MarineTraffic Live Ships Map. Discover information and vessel positions for vessels around the world. Search the MarineTraffic ships database of more than 550000 active and decommissioned vessels. Search for popular ships globally. Find locations of...

> **[Free AIS Ship Tracker - VesselFinder](https://www.vesselfinder.com/)**
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> VesselFinder is a FREE AIS vessel tracking web site. VesselFinder displays real time ship positions and marine traffic detected by global AIS network.

> **[FleetMon Universe](https://universe.fleetmon.com)**
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> FleetMon Universe. Explore vessels, manage your fleets, create zones and improve your maritime business.

All of them enable a tracking function, choose the one that suites the most.

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**Author:** ![powerabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@powerabout](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/powerabout)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/looking-for-ship-position/62649/5 "2022-03-23T09:18:53Z")

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you still wont know if your container falls off

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**Author:** ![cmakin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@cmakin](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/cmakin)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/looking-for-ship-position/62649/6 "2022-03-23T11:10:18Z")

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Is it stuck in Chesapeake Bay?