Ship register (NIS/NOR)
Norwegian-flagged NIS and NOR vessels with owners, dimensions, tonnage and home port, from Sjøfartsdirektoratet's ship search; the endpoint is undocumented and may change without notice.
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Related sources
- AIS and vessels – Live positions and tracks for the same vessels.
- Kystdatahuset – Port calls and voyages by the registered vessel.
- Fiskeridirektoratet – Register details for Norwegian fishing vessels.
All lookup operations
Open HTML operations for navigation. The JSON link for each operation is only for programmatic data access.
Building software or a dashboard? List operation names as JSON, then open the selected operation's descriptor before fetching data.
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search_vessels– Search the NIS/NOR ship register by name, call sign, IMO or owner org nr.
HTML GET template -
get_vessel– The full register record for one NIS/NOR vessel.
HTML GET template
Programmatic access
First confirm the operation and parameters in HTML, then use the read-only JSON API.
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How an AI agent should use this page
Ground rule: Navigate with HTML GET links to keep explanations and relationships. Use the page's JSON alternative only when concrete values must be extracted, compared or computed.
How to use Ship register (NIS/NOR)
Norwegian-flagged NIS and NOR vessels with owners, dimensions, tonnage and home port, from Sjøfartsdirektoratet's ship search; the endpoint is undocumented and may change without notice. Choose a search lookup first when you lack an identifier; use a detail lookup when you already have a stable ID.
- Read requirements, cache time and known usage limits.
- Open the lookup and use the HTML GET template.
- Follow normalized result links onward; use JSON only for structured data work.
Related sources and scope
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