# Datalastic Vessel Tracking & Maritime Intelligence

Gives an AI client live ship positions, port records, maritime weather and reports on owners and inspections.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI
- Author: datalastic
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/datalastic/mcp-server-datalastic
- Updated: 2026-07-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/datalastic-vessel-tracking-maritime-intelligence

## What it does

The server lives at `mcp.datalastic.com`, so there is nothing to install locally. It ships 25 tools: live positions looked up by MMSI, IMO or name, a registry of 750,000+ vessels, a port directory with UN/LOCODEs, a radius search capped at 50 NM, marine and atmospheric weather with a 7-day forecast, and a Maritime Intelligence group covering ownership, inspections, casualties, dry-dock, engines and sale-and-purchase deals.

Two ways in. OAuth is the quick one: point your client at `https://mcp.datalastic.com/mcp` with no headers, and it opens a browser so you can sign in to your Datalastic account. Otherwise subscribe to a plan, take the API key from the email, and send it as the `X-Api-Key` header — Claude has a CLI command for this, other clients take it in their config file.

The Maritime Intelligence tools sit behind the Maritime Reports add-on. Call one without it and you get a message saying the add-on is required; `intel_info` reports your status and how to turn it on. Upgrades apply in the same session, no reconnect. AIS history goes back to 2021-08-10. `sea_route` returns a schematic route and distance for estimation and drawing, not for navigation.

## Requirements
- Remote server: `https://mcp.datalastic.com/mcp`

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http vessel-tracking https://mcp.datalastic.com/mcp
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add datalastic-vessel-tracking-maritime-intelligence --url https://mcp.datalastic.com/mcp
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "datalastic-vessel-tracking-maritime-intelligence": {
            "url": "https://mcp.datalastic.com/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "datalastic-vessel-tracking-maritime-intelligence": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.datalastic.com/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http datalastic-vessel-tracking-maritime-intelligence https://mcp.datalastic.com/mcp
```

## When to use it
- check where a ship is right now
- filter the registry by flag, type or tonnage
- pull wave and wind conditions at a port
- look up an owner or past detentions
- export a vessel or port list in one request

## Example prompts
- Where is the vessel with IMO 1234567 and where is it headed?
- List every ship within 20 NM of Rotterdam
- What will the waves and wind look like at these coordinates this week?

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