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MarineCadastre AIS Vessel Transit Data

The checked transit directory contains 11 annual rasters for 2015 through 2025, ranging from 284.48 MB to 534.46 MB per file. The underlying point-data collection spans U.S. coastal waters from 2009 through 2026, with the 2026 page covering January 1 through June 30.

Signal Scoredraft model
84
Access
No key · none
20
Licence clarity
Custom · terms linked
13
Evidence
4 source links checked
18
Freshness
verified 2026-11-01
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage
13

// Terms and limits

Access
none
Free tier
Annual GeoTIFF transit-count files are direct, keyless downloads; the checked files are 284.48 MB to 534.46 MB each.
Rate limits
Not stated
Licence
Customterms
Licence note
MarineCadastre states: "The information on government servers is in the public domain, unless specifically annotated otherwise, and may be used freely by the user."
Attribution
No attribution requirement recorded.

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

  1. 01hub.marinecadastre.gov/pages/vesseltraffic
  2. 02noaa.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/22fb5273ccb54f6aa423f6667a856761/data?f=json
  3. 03ocmgeodatastor1.blob.core.windows.net/marinecadastre/ais/aistransit/index-aistransit.html
  4. 04noaa.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/a25a72b4f3034f04b3130321b7577037/data?f=json

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transport-shippinggeospatialhistorical-dataflowsinfrastructure

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Request · get_entry
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Reply · selected fields
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  "domain": "Transport & Shipping",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "none",
  "rateLimits": "Not stated",
  "license": "Custom",
  "licenseUrl": "https://hub.marinecadastre.gov/pages/disclaimer",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-01",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://hub.marinecadastre.gov/pages/vesseltraffic",
    "https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/22fb5273ccb54f6aa423f6667a856761/data?f=json",
    "https://ocmgeodatastor1.blob.core.windows.net/marinecadastre/ais/aistransit/index-aistransit.html",
    "https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/a25a72b4f3034f04b3130321b7577037/data?f=json"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "transport-shipping",
    "geospatial",
    "historical-data",
    "flows",
    "infrastructure"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://hub.marinecadastre.gov/pages/vesseltraffic"
}

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