Vessel Operations
Vessel Inspection Data
Retrieve comprehensive vessel inspection data including Port State Control (PSC) inspections, classification surveys, certificates, P&I information, and ship history. Costs 3 credits per request. Rate limit: 15 requests/min.
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Vessel Inspection Data
Retrieve comprehensive vessel inspection data including Port State Control (PSC) inspections, classification surveys, certificates, P&I information, and ship history.
Credits: 3 credits per request
Response Data
Specifications
Basic vessel particulars including vessel name, flag, call sign, tonnage, type, status, and last update timestamp.Classification
- Current classification status (society, status, since)
- Survey history with last/next renewal dates and external links to the classification society’s record
Certificates
Class certificates with full status tracking:classification_society— Issuing classification societydate_survey— Survey datedate_expiry— Expiry datedate_change_status— Date the status last changedstatus— Certificate status (e.g.Delivered,Withdrawn)reason— Reason for status change (e.g."company's request for other reasons")top_cv— Certificate category (e.g.Convention)
P&I Information
Protection and Indemnity insurance details with insurer name and inception date.Movements
Historical movement records showing areas where the vessel has been observed (date and area).Inspections
Port State Control inspection records. Each inspection has summary fields plus adetailed_info block:
Summary fields: authority, port_of_inspection, date_of_report, detention (Y/N), psc_organisation, type_of_inspection, duration_days, number_of_deficiencies, inspection_id.
detailed_info breakdown:
port_state— PSC summary (organisation, authority, port, type, date, detention, deficiency count;Duration (days)is also included when the vessel was detained)particulars— Vessel snapshot at the time of inspection (IMO, name, call sign, tonnage, type, year of build)classification— Class snapshot at the time of inspection (class, last survey, status)statutory— Statutory certificates with issue/expiry dates and Recognized Organisation/Flagdeficiencies— Deficiencies grouped by category, with description and total countgrounds_for_detention— Populated only whendetention: "Y". Each entry includes the category, deficiency, defect type (e.g.Invalid,Inoperative,Lack of training), count, and whether it is class-related
Ship History
- Former names and flags
- Classification renewal history
- Company role changes over time
This endpoint requires an IMO number (not MMSI).
Authorizations
Your personal API key found in your profile dashboard at https://datadocked.com/dashboard/my_keys
Query Parameters
The IMO number of the vessel you want to query.
Vessel Inspection Data