Strait of Hormuz Live Tracker
A real-time AIS tracking map showing every broadcasting vessel moving through the world's most important maritime chokepoint — updated around the clock.
What is the Strait of Hormuz Live Tracker?
The Strait of Hormuz Live Tracker is a free, real-time vessel tracking map focused on the narrow waterway linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman. It uses AIS (Automatic Identification System) broadcasts to plot live ship positions, courses, speeds and destinations on an interactive marine map. Whether you need a quick answer to "what ships are in the Strait of Hormuz right now?" or continuous monitoring of tanker flows, the live map refreshes automatically so the picture you see is always current.
How real-time Strait of Hormuz tracking works
Every commercial vessel over 300 gross tons on an international voyage is required to transmit AIS messages over VHF radio. These messages carry the ship's identity (name, MMSI, IMO number, call sign), its GPS position, speed over ground, course, heading, draught and declared destination. Coastal receiving stations around the Gulf and satellite constellations overhead capture these broadcasts and relay them to tracking platforms within seconds to minutes.
What you can see on the live map
The tracker displays color-coded vessel markers for oil tankers, LNG and LPG carriers, container ships, bulk carriers, general cargo vessels, passenger ships, fishing boats and — when broadcasting — military vessels. Click any marker to open a full details panel with the ship's dimensions, draught, cargo type, ETA and last reported position. Movement trails show each vessel's recent track through the strait's traffic separation scheme.
Auto-refresh and live statistics
Positions refresh automatically every 45 seconds, and the statistics dashboard recalculates totals with every update: vessels currently in the strait, eastbound and westbound transits, ships waiting at anchor off Fujairah, and average fleet speed. Transit analytics charts break traffic down by hour, day, week and month.
Why monitor the Strait of Hormuz in real time?
Roughly 20 million barrels of oil per day — about one fifth of global consumption — pass through this 21-nautical-mile-wide chokepoint, along with about a fifth of the world's LNG trade. Energy analysts, journalists, insurers, traders and shipping professionals rely on live Hormuz tracking to spot disruptions, monitor tanker queues and verify transit activity the moment it changes.