Ports directory · sources
Sources, licences and the open database
Every value in the directory carries its source, its licence and when it was last checked. This is where each comes from and how we meet each licence.
UNECE (UN/CEFACT)
UN/LOCODE
Open; free to reuse with attribution to UNECE
We use: Location codes, names, country, function codes, approximate coordinates.
How we comply: Attribute UNECE on every page that shows a code; keep the release (e.g. 2025-2) on each field.
UN/LOCODEUS National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
World Port Index (NGA Pub. 150)
US Government work; public domain in the US
We use: Coordinates, harbour size and type, maximum vessel size, channel, anchorage and pier depths, tide, pilotage, tugs, services.
How we comply: Credit NGA as the source; never imply NGA endorsement; keep the edition on each field.
World Port Index (NGA Pub. 150)OpenStreetMap contributors
OpenStreetMap
Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0
We use: Terminal and berth outlines and names, seamarks, harbour features.
How we comply: Attribution line on every page and map that uses OSM-derived values; the derived directory database is offered under ODbL (share-alike); OSM-derived fields are kept in their own tables so the offer covers them without other sources.
OpenStreetMapNational and local port authorities
Port authority open data
Per authority; used only where its terms permit reuse
We use: Terminals, berths, operators, notices, tariffs.
How we comply: A terms review is recorded per authority before its first ingest; fields carry the authority's required credit.
Paris MoU, Tokyo MoU, Indian Ocean MoU, US Coast Guard
Port State Control statistics
Public reports and data, reused with attribution
We use: Inspections, detentions, deficiency areas by regime and year.
How we comply: Aggregates only, with the report year and the regime named; no ship-level detention list is republished.
Port State Control statisticsAIS, terminal schedule, weather and tide providers
Licensed feeds (connectors)
Commercial licence per provider, through a connector
We use: Waiting times and congestion, schedules, weather, tide.
How we comply: Shown only to a workspace that holds the licence; never copied into public pages or the open database.
OpenStreetMap
Attribution and share-alike (ODbL 1.0)
- Every page and map that shows an OpenStreetMap-derived value carries the line “© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL”, linked to the OSM copyright page.
- The directory database derived from OSM (terminal and berth names and outlines) is offered to anyone under the ODbL, as a download from this page once verified data loads.
- OSM-derived fields sit in their own tables, so the share-alike offer covers them without pulling in other sources.
- Pages and maps we produce from the database are a Produced Work: attributed, not relicensed.
- Nothing is scraped against any site's terms; licensed feeds stay inside the workspaces that hold the licence.
© OpenStreetMap contributors. Data available under the Open Database Licence. openstreetmap.org/copyright
Open database download: when verified data loads
Listings
How agent and supplier listings work
- Opt-in only: a company appears when it claims its listing, never from scraped directories.
- Verified before it shows: a code to an address on the company's domain, and a person checks the public company register.
- Ranking is never for sale; ships' and customers' data is never shared with a listed company.
- A listing can be edited or removed by the company at any time.
Claim your listing
For agents, suppliers and service companies at the ports you serve. Free. Listings are opt-in, verified before they show, and removable at any time.
- 1. Company
- 2. Verify
- 3. Ports and services
- 4. Review
We send a code to that address, and a person checks the company against its public register before the listing shows. Free-mail addresses are not accepted for a listing.
Ports you serve
Your listing shows your company name, what you do, the ports you serve and a contact button. Nothing else, and no personal data unless you add it.
By submitting you confirm you may act for this company. You can edit or remove the listing at any time.
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