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Transport & ShippingMCP serverFirst audited Nov 13, 2026

Shiptrail

Live AIS ship tracking: any vessel, the ships near any place, port arrivals and trends at sea.The vendor's description, from its MCP Registry listing.

Passed public checksAudited Nov 13, 2026

Every public check ran and passed. Public audit: we connect as an AI client would, list the tools and check what they say. We do not run them. How we audit

Does it work?
YesConnected in 370 ms.
Sign-up?
None neededIt answered without any account or key.
Can it change things?
No, read-onlyAll 6 tools say they only read.
Endpointhttps://shiptrail.io/mcp

Website Streamable HTTP · protocol 2025-11-25 · server version 1.0.0

What we checked, the evidence, and the tools it offers.

What we checked

Security

  • Passed: Connections are encrypted (HTTPS).

  • Passed: No hidden instructions found in tool text.

Safety labels

  • Passed: Every tool says whether it only reads or can change things.

Tools

  • Passed: 6 tools listed.

  • Passed: Every tool describes its inputs with a valid schema.

Protocol

  • Passed: The MCP handshake works (Streamable HTTP).

  • Passed: Protocol version 2025-11-25 (latest).

  • Passed: Unknown requests are refused.

Connection

  • Passed: The server responds.

Tools (6)

As the server describes them. The labels are the server's own: it says whether each tool only reads or can change things.

  • search_shipsFind ships by name, MMSI (9 digits) or IMO number (7 digits): every ship with a Shiptrail page, any class, on the map now or heard in the last year. Ships on the map now come first. Use get_ship with…Read-only
  • get_shipEverything Shiptrail's page shows about one ship, by MMSI: identity, size, position, speed, course and status, destination and ETA, where she came from, recent port calls, particulars and registry fa…Read-only
  • search_portsFind ports by name or UN/LOCODE. Busy ports come first, with how many ships are in port, en route and lately departed. Use get_port with a UN/LOCODE for its boards.Read-only
  • get_portA port's Arrivals board (ships in port now, then ships en route by ETA) and Departures board (ships that left in the last 48 hours), as its Shiptrail page shows them, by UN/LOCODE. Each row carries t…Read-only
  • get_ships_nearThe ships on the live map within a radius of a port (UN/LOCODE) or a point (lat and lon), nearest first: who each is, where, how fast and which way, and how far off. Positions are from the map's ship…Read-only
  • get_trendsWhat the live fleet shows now, as Shiptrail's Trends page reads it: the ports where most ships wait at anchor and for how long, the ports most ships are heading for, traffic through the straits and c…Read-only

Audit history

  1. Nov 13Passed

What we sent

Every request in this audit, with the answer and how long it took. We never send credentials and never call a tool.

RequestAnswerTime
initializeHTTP 200370 ms
initializedHTTP 202128 ms
tools/listHTTP 200322 ms
unknown-methodHTTP 200113 ms

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