Where's the car barge, what cruise ships are in the harbor ?

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I'm The Stig
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Where's the car barge, what cruise ships are in the harbor ?

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If you've ever wanted to know where the car barge is on it's route between STT and STJ or how many cruise ships are in harbor today, or what lucky 1% er is on the beautiful yacht anchored off of St John? Well there's an app (and a website) for that!

You can track these vessels via the Marine Automatic Identification System (AIS) system located at this website. Pretty cool stuff.

I don't see the STJ passenger ferry's, so they must be too cheap to have an AIS transponder on board.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/

Also, they have an app for iPhones at the Apple App Store. Search for the app: marinetraffic

The free app will do you no good, but the correct app is $3.99

Have fun boat tracking
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Post by Muhaha »

Ok, that is officially cool. When I sit on the deck in 3 weeks with my binoculars in hand, I will now know what I am gawking at! Thanks for the link.
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Not much privacy left in the world - but an amazing collection of data and extremely interesting site to explore with a lot of features.
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Post by Kentuckygirl »

Oh my, that's cool! Another way to waste my time these next few weeks! 8)
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Post by Steve S »

I see the Seadream is off Cruz Bay. If we were to cruise, It would be on one of these 250 or so passenger liners.
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Post by lprof »

Very Cool... thank you! 8)
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Post by loria »

yikes........hope they turn off their beacons while off the coast of Somalia......
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I have enjoyed the heck outta this today....Thanks...:)
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Post by michigan girls »

That is so cool - thanks!
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michigan girls wrote:That is so cool - thanks!
DITTO!!!!!
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