What is AIS?

With a history dating back nearly 300 years to the ship movements first published in Lloyd's List newspaper, Lloyd's MIU is the world's acknowledged leader in maritime information and research. Technology has moved a long way over the last 3 centuries and we have maintained our pre-eminent position as the movement supplier of choice. Unlike its competitors Lloyd's MIU has purchased the necessary receivers for each of its existing reporting sources which allow us to offer our customers not only the world's largest AIS (Automatic Identification System) coverage but also the highest quality of information in the market.

The powerful Lloyd's MIU AIS functionality allows the user to study total AIS traffic patterns and it is possible to filter by type, classification, flag, gross and deadweight tonnages. Most importantly, with a lot of our AIS offerings it is possible to view both Seasearcher and our AIS system side by side switching seamlessly between the two applications, linking the vessels, ports or casualties plotted by each AIS station to the qualified ownership, characteristics, casualty and ports records recorded in the Lloyd's MIU database. Vessel, port and casualty positions are plotted against high level costal maps, but, as the user zooms in to take a closer look, electronic maritime charts are used to provide a detailed view of the port from which the AIS data was received. This enables precise identification of the position of each vessel within each port, improving on the historic reporting of movements.

AIS Options

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AIS Fleet Tracker

Lloyd's MIU's Fleet Tracker allows owners, managers, operators, charterers, financiers and insurers to keep track of their assets cost effectively. This innovative development allows companies to keep track of their individual vessels and fleets in real time even when the vessels are offshore and out of range of land based AIS receiving stations. This service can be bought as part of an online package (accessed via Seasearcher) or sent as a direct data stream to your internal management systems.

Key functionality includes:

• Real time offshore reporting of your maritime assets
• Choice of data streams
• View the activity of vessels near to yours
• Accurate and interactive mapping options

For more information on AIS Fleet Tracker please contact enquiries@lloydsmiu.com or click here to download the AIS Fleet Tracker brochure

AIS Data Information

Passing over 32 million AIS position reports a day from around the globe Lloyd’s MIU is the AIS data provider of choice for the maritime industry. We can provide this data in any electronic format including ASCII, MS Access, Excel, Oracle, and XML. We can also supply hard copy reports if required.

AIS Casualty Reporting and Analysis

Lloyd’s MIU can provide accurate AIS analysis of vessels involved in casualty incidents. This information can be supplied in raw data format or as a movie capable of being replayed on your PC

PDF SAMPLE - Click here for a sample PDF

How do we collect our data?

Rather than relying upon finding people willing to purchase equipment to be used on our behalf, Lloyd's MIU has taken the unprecedented and expensive step of purchasing receivers for each member of its network of agents. This has encouraged our agents to enhance our world beating network.

We are currently seeking AIS agents - If you wish to become a AIS agent for Lloyd's MIU click here