Frequently asked questions

vesselspecification.com is a public vessel-reference experiment that publishes structured offshore and maritime vessel records reviewed against public or cleared sources.

No. It is not an official register, class certificate, live AIS service, or operational decision system. Verify important details with owners, operators, class, flag, or another primary source.

It is built for maritime brokers, owners, researchers, commercial teams, and public search visitors who need to identify vessels, compare public particulars, and understand source posture.

Records are assembled from public or cleared sources such as public registers, class records, owner or operator documents, fleet pages, and other maritime references. Source labels show provenance, not endorsement.

AI helps find source material, extract candidate fields, compare conflicts, and prepare records for human review. AI output is not a source, and weak evidence should stay unpublished or visibly blank.

Blank fields mean a reviewed public-safe value has not been published. Do not infer a missing value from nearby fields, similar vessels, or another source without checking it directly.

Records are reference snapshots, not live status feeds. Vessel names, flags, owners, managers, class status, and capabilities can change after publication.

Search by vessel name or IMO on the vessel index. IMO is the stable identity key; names are searchable labels and may change over time.

Yes. Use Compare to place two to five vessels in one table and scan dimensions, capacity, propulsion, DP, FiFi, deck, crane, accommodation, and source-review posture.

No. The records are for public reference and discovery. Do not use them for navigation, safety, chartering, engineering, class, compliance, or other operational decisions without independent verification.

No public bulk download or API is offered. The public site is free to read, but bulk data products, API access, accounts, and paid services are not launched.

Send the vessel name or IMO, the field that looks wrong, the corrected value, and a public or cleared source to data@vesselspecification.com. A person reviews corrections before publication.

Yes. Use the contribution page or email a public source link, spec sheet, fleet booklet, or cleared document to the data address with the vessel name and IMO.

Legal, privacy, copyright, database-rights, and takedown notices should be sent to contact@vesselspecification.com. The takedown page explains the current notice path.