Cruise ships

[cruisingready]

What is a good place to look to see where the cruise ships are around the ports thanks

[CanadianTravellerX2]

Not sure if this is what you mean, but I use http://www.marinetraffic.com to follow the ships online.

[cruisingready]

Thanks I do have that on my iPad but I must not be using it the right way!

[Essiesmom]

Try cruisecal.com for the daily schedule. For other functions of the site (other than itinerary lookup) it is a pay site. EM

[Quantum Wino]

I use cruisett.com, it is free, has most ports and which ships are in each day as well as how many passengers.

[sail7seas]

None are totally accurate but some to try are:

 

http://www.portscruisett.com

http://www.cruiseportinsider.com

http://www.cruisett.com

http://www.cruisetimetables.com

http://www.cruisereport.com/portsofcallList.aspx

http://portfocus.com

 

[Hlitner]

All cruise ships (and nearly all larger vessels) have an international system called "AIS" which means Automatic Identification System. In 2002, as part of the worldwide SOLAS agreement the AIS transmitters were required on any ship over 300 tons. There are several online sites (some free) that allow any user to track ships all over the world. These online systems usually allow the user to filter the results to limit it to cruise/passenger vessels. Marinetraffic.com (previously mentioned) is one such site and you can find (and try) others by simply using Google to identify AIS ship sites. AIS sends a constant signal via satellite so one can see, in real time, the location, speed, course, etc. of nearly any vessel.

 

Hank