Why a trader cares
A missing vessel can mean no activity or missing reception. Coverage validation is necessary before interpreting absence as a market signal.
MarketsMaritime Intelligence
Visible vessel evidenceLive
See what terrestrial AIS can observe—and where coverage is insufficient.
Maritime Intelligence maps live terrestrial AIS positions and movement context across covered ports and chokepoints, with explicit coverage-quality evidence.
Question answered
What vessel behavior is visible, and is the coverage sufficient to trust the observation?
Built for more than one level of market experience
Start simple. Keep the professional context.
Every screen preserves the instrument, period, unit, source, and limitation while explaining why the evidence matters.
Start here01
Identify the observation before interpreting it.
Read the instrument, unit, timestamp, period, and source first. A weekly stock estimate and a five-minute futures quote answer different questions.
Desk read02
Compare level, change, and historical context.
The current value matters less without its direction of travel, seasonal baseline, related markets, and the catalyst that moved expectations.
Professional use03
Demand cross-source confirmation and preserve uncertainty.
Treat every dataset as evidence with a release lag, methodology, revision risk, and known blind spots. The workflow should be reproducible after the fact.
Component guide
What each component means—and how a desk reads it.
Definitions stay plain enough to learn from, while the desk read preserves the mechanism, cadence, and source a professional user expects.
Terrestrial AIS position
In plain English
A vessel's latest received latitude, longitude, speed, course, timestamp, and broadcast identity inside the covered receiver network.
Professional read
Freshness and receiver coverage must be checked before the absence of a vessel is interpreted as absence of activity.
- Cadence
- Live ingestion with bounded two-hour summaries
- Source
- Terrestrial AIS
Vessel classification
In plain English
AIS ship-type codes and normalized registry fields distinguish crude/product tankers, LNG carriers, and other vessel classes.
Professional read
Broadcast static data can be missing or incorrectly entered, so classification confidence should remain visible.
- Cadence
- Updated as static messages and registry evidence arrive
- Source
- AIS static data and vessel registry normalization
Movement state
In plain English
Recent positions are translated into underway, anchored, moored, arrival, departure, or stale-observation context.
Professional read
A single dot is less useful than the vessel's change from the prior fix and its relationship to ports, terminals, or chokepoints.
- Cadence
- With new positions
- Source
- AIS track history
Regional and chokepoint view
In plain English
Ports and strategic regions aggregate visible traffic into a market-relevant operating area.
Professional read
Persian Gulf or Strait of Hormuz counts need both geographic scope and coverage quality; a narrow polygon can create a false conclusion.
- Cadence
- Two-hour summary
- Source
- Enerlytics geofences and AIS observations
Coverage validation
In plain English
The product checks observation count, recency, and expected regional activity before presenting a confident empty-state conclusion.
Professional read
Degraded coverage is a finding about the feed—not automatically a finding about vessel traffic.
- Cadence
- Every regional summary
- Source
- Coverage watermark and receiver evidence
What data it uses
The evidence underneath the screen.
- Terrestrial AIS positions
- Vessel type and movement state
- Port and chokepoint coverage
- Crude-on-water summaries
- Coverage degradation checks
How Enerlytics interprets it
Method before conclusion.
- 01
Separates vessel activity from receiver coverage
- 02
Supports watchlists and movement history
- 03
Places local observations inside broader physical-flow context
How it connects
Evidence moves through a workflow.
- 01Coverage check
- 02Vessel observation
- 03Movement classification
- 04Regional context
- 05Physical thesis
What not to infer
Terrestrial AIS is live. Satellite AIS is still coming soon and is not represented as current coverage. Cargo and destination inference remain estimates.
Worked market workflow
Separate observable movement from assumed cargo flow
AIS is valuable because it is granular—and dangerous when its coverage and self-reported fields are treated as perfect.
- 1
Check coverage
Confirm freshness and regional observation density.
- 2
Filter vessels
Select the relevant tanker or LNG-carrier class and inspect classification confidence.
- 3
Read movement
Use recent track, speed, and port relationship rather than a single position.
- 4
Aggregate carefully
Compare arrivals, departures, and underway counts over consistent windows.
- 5
Confirm elsewhere
Use freight, inventories, terminal flows, and the curve before forming a balance conclusion.
Methodology and limitations
Trust comes from showing the seams.
Known AIS limitations remain visible
AIS can be switched off, received late, transmitted incorrectly, or missed outside receiver coverage. It supports a physical read but is not a complete cargo ledger.
Terrestrial versus satellite
Current live coverage is terrestrial. Satellite AIS remains clearly labeled as coming soon rather than implied to be part of today's dataset.
Primary references
Enerlytics links the underlying methodology so customers can distinguish a product interpretation from the source definition.
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A real Enerlytics workflow—not a conceptual mockup.
Weekly research, recaps, and video explainers
See the evidence used in a real market conversation.
Enerlytics publishes weekly market recaps, component explainers, and thesis walkthroughs. For Maritime Intelligence, the recurring desk question is: Which vessel movement was genuinely visible this week, and where did coverage quality limit the conclusion?
Weekly market notes →Written recaps tied to the same evidence workflow.Public signal reviews →Current states with accountability and limitations.Video recaps on X →Short market recaps, chart walkthroughs, and thesis updates.Explainers on Threads →Component education and the reasoning behind each market read.
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