Kpler AIS

Organisations that manage fleets, ports, commodity flows or maritime risk need continuous, trustworthy vessel positions across coastlines and the high seas — a gap that terrestrial receivers alone cannot fully cover. Kpler AIS addresses this by combining more than 13,000 terrestrial receivers with roaming sources and a proprietary Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation (100+ nanosatellites acquired from Spire Maritime in April 2025) to deliver near real-time vessel positions with 5-second average data latency and 25-second average message frequency.

Key capabilities:

• Global AIS Coverage: Integrated terrestrial, roaming and LEO satellite reception across 190 countries to track vessels from port approaches to deep-ocean trades, monitoring over 300,000 active vessels daily.
• Low-Latency Delivery: Sub-minute satellite stream latency and 5-minute average global refresh rates for operational decision-making.
• Multiple Delivery Options: AIS APIs, LiveDB via Snowflake, NMEA 0183 Streams, FTP and the MarineTraffic web portal for flexible integration into operational systems.
• Enriched Data & Events: Vessel particulars, ownership, port calls, congestion indicators and machine-learned predictive events (ETAs, route anomalies). Cross-referencing with SAR imagery enables detection of dark-fleet vessels that disable their AIS transponders.
• Historical & Custom Datasets: Over 10 years of replayable AIS history and bespoke extracts for analytics or model training.

What makes Kpler distinctive is its owned hybrid AIS network — including the industry's largest proprietary LEO satellite constellation — plus developer tools and enterprise delivery paths that embed maritime intelligence into trading, logistics, compliance and government workflows.