This article discloses information freely available throughout the Internet. Companies listed herein are subjectively chosen by the author of the article. The latter aims to show you who are the top professionals in ship tracking industry, what is their background and achievements, where are they from, the team supporting their initiatives year after year … so that you dear seafarer may have an updated information 24 hours a day, 365 days per year!
| NAME OF SITE | DOMAIN NAME | PAGERANK | ALEXA RANK | Date of domain registration |
| Marine Traffic | www.marinetraffic.com | 7 | 3,163 | 4.11.2007 |
| Vessel Finder | www.vesselfinder.com | 5 | 17,886 | 18.11.2008 |
| Maritime Connector | www.maritime-connector.com | 5 | 628,000 | 14.11.2007 |
| FleetMon | www.fleetmon.com | 1 | 149,000 | 30.11.2005 |
| MARINE SHIP TRAFFIC | www. | 1 | 223,000 | 31.07.2013 |
Remark: Listed as per their Alexa and PageRank rates.
Sites' Logos:
| Marine Traffic | Vessel Finder | Maritime Connector | FleetMon | MARINE SHIP TRAFFIC |
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MARINE TRAFFIC Mailing Address 64 Charilaou Trikoupi Str., GR-106 80 Athens, GREECE E-mail: info(at)marinetraffic.com |
VESSEL FINDER Astra Paging Ltd. Business centre, floor 5, suit 30 Hadzhi Dimitar square 8800 Sliven, BULGARIA Phone: +359 44 588657 Fax: +359 88 5378546 Mobile: +359 87 8624434 E-mail: info(at)vesselfinder.com |
MARITIME CONNECTOR Giuseppe Carabina 11 51000 Rijeka, CROATIA E-mail: office(at)maritime-connector.com Phone: +385 51 263 083 |
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FLEETMON JAKOTA Cruise Systems GmbH Leonhardstraße 22, D-18057 Rostock, GERMANY Phone: +49 381 490 3218 E-mail: eidberger(at)jakota.de |
MARINE SHIP TRAFFIC Email: vpavlov2009(at)gmail.com |
Sites' Owners:
| Marine Traffic | Vessel Finder | Maritime Connector | FleetMon | MARINE SHIP TRAFFIC |
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| Eng. Dimitrios Lekkas | Eng. Peter Stoyanov | Eng. Eric Superina | Eng. Lars Krueger | Eng. Jonathan Davis |
1. Marine Traffic - Eng. Dimitrios Lekkas
Dimitrios Lekkas holds a Ph.D. in the area of Information Systems Security, a M.Sc in Information Technology and a B.Sc in Mathematics. He is an assistant professor at the department of Product and Systems Design Engineering of the University of the Aegean, Greece. He has participated in many research projects funded nationally and by the European Union and published several papers in international journals and conferences. He is a member of the Greek National Educational Network (EDUnet) technical committee and coordinator of the e-School and the e-University Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). His current research interests include design of information infrastructures, computer security, incident response, public key cryptography and digital signatures, geographic information systems, database management systems.
2. Vessel Finder - Eng. Peter Stoyanov
Peter Stoyanov is the managing director and owner of Astra Paging Ltd. He established Astra Paging Ltd in 1997. The company has started development of software for the maritime industry in 2004 and developed the national AIS server and VTS database for Bulgarian Maritime Administration, the VTMIS monitoring systems in Bulgaria and the Netherlands, the implementation of AIS in the Naval and Coastguard surveillance systems. Astra Paging Ltd has started developping of its own AIS network and the provision of VT Explorer vessel tracking service in 2006. Since 2009 Astra Paging hosts the volunteer AIS sharing center AISHub.
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