Ports and waterways
Explore these ports and waterways from the map. Live AIS follows the selected area, and coverage depends on available receivers.
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Los Angeles Harbor
Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach — the busiest container complex in the United States. High-density anchorage and approach lanes.
Taiwan Strait
Major shipping lane and geopolitical flashpoint. Median line monitoring with sensitive military exclusion zones.
South China Sea
Spratly and Paracel island chains, overlapping territorial claims. Heavy fishing fleet activity layered over transit lanes.
Strait of Malacca
World's busiest shipping lane. Dense tanker and bulker traffic funneling between Indian Ocean and Pacific.
Strait of Hormuz
Critical oil transit chokepoint — roughly a third of global seaborne oil passes through. IMO-designated traffic separation scheme enforced.
Black Sea
Odesa, Crimea, Sevastopol, and the Turkish straits approach. Grain corridor plus naval exclusion zones.
Sea of Azov
Kerch Strait, Mariupol approach, contested waters. Dark-transit-prone corridor with frequent AIS gaps.
English Channel
Dover Strait traffic separation scheme. Dense mixed traffic — ferries, cargo, and cross-Channel small craft.
Eastern Mediterranean
Syria, Lebanon, and Cyprus corridor. Sanctions-monitoring heavy — ship-to-ship transfers and identity swaps.