Terms of use

1. About the service

Shiphoy (shiphoy.com) is provided by Vitan AS, org. no. 914 876 303, Lokketovegen 24, 5136 Mjølkeråen, Bergen. Shiphoy is a work tool for ship brokers, charterers and operators: search for suitable vessels with explained shortlists, and a public AIS map. By using the service you accept these terms.

2. Professional use and pilot

• The service is for businesses (B2B), not consumers. If you use Shiphoy on behalf of a business, you confirm you are authorised to do so.
• Shiphoy is in pilot/beta. Features may change, be limited or removed, and the service may be unavailable without notice.
• The pilot is free. Any payment will be introduced with separate terms and advance notice; no one is charged without accepting.

3. Account

• You can try 5 searches without an account. After that you must sign in with Google or an email code, or with Microsoft where it is offered.
• Your account is personal. Do not share sign-ins. You are responsible for activity on your account and must tell us if you suspect misuse.
• The information you give must be accurate.
• We may close or limit an account that breaches these terms, and we normally give notice first.

4. Data, sources and accuracy

Shiphoy shows data from several sources:

• AIS: Data delivered by BarentsWatch. Source: Fintraffic / digitraffic.fi, licence CC BY 4.0. The positions are filtered and linked to vessels by IMO number. We also use other public AIS sources.
• AIS: Open Waters AIS provides AIS positions, destination and ETA, and track history for vessels.
• Ports: UN/LOCODE (UNECE), licence CC BY 4.0. We selected the ports and converted the coordinates. We also use public port registers.
• Sea route: Calculated routes use the Eurostat sea route network (source and licence: searoute, EUPL-1.2).
• Vessel facts: from shipowners' and operators' public websites, with source and date.
• Vessel photos: from Ship-info, Wikimedia Commons and shipowners/operators, with the photographer where known.
• Our own estimates: e.g. suitability, availability and ETA calculated by Shiphoy.

The port catalogue contains data under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD) made available by the Norwegian Coastal Administration, adapted by us.

No guarantee of accuracy. Data may be wrong, incomplete or out of date. AIS data is self-reported by ships. Fields marked "Må verifiseres" (must be verified) are uncertain. Explanations and rankings are decision support, not advice. You must verify all information yourself (e.g. with the owner, operator, certificates and class records) before quoting, fixing a vessel or making other commercial decisions.

5. Acceptable use

You must not:

• scrape, crawl or automatically extract data from Shiphoy, or use APIs not opened to you;
• bulk export, copy at scale or build your own database from the content;
• resell, license or make the content available to third parties as a service of your own;
• circumvent the trial limit, rate limits or access controls;
• use the service for unlawful purposes, spam, or to harm the service or other users.

You may use results in your own work, e.g. share a shortlist with a client or colleague. Normal sharing of individual results within your business is allowed.

6. Rights

Shiphoy, its software, rankings and compilation of data belong to Vitan AS. Third-party data belongs to its owners and is used under their licences; source credits must not be removed. You keep the rights to what you enter (e.g. cargo descriptions) and allow us to use it to deliver and improve the service.

7. Provided as is

Shiphoy is a beta and is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of accuracy, availability or fitness for a particular purpose. You use the service at your own risk. Mandatory law applies unchanged.

8. Privacy

See the privacy policy and the cookie notice.

9. Changes and termination

We may change these terms and will notify signed-in users of material changes at least 14 days before they apply. You may stop using the service and ask us to delete your account at any time.

10. Governing law and venue

Norwegian law applies. Disputes shall first be settled amicably, otherwise by Bergen District Court (Bergen tingrett), the ordinary court for the registered business address of Vitan AS, as the agreed venue.

Contact: svein@shiphoy.com.