MCP Server

Vessel Traffic MCP MCP Server

Name: Vessel Traffic MCP MCP Server
Author: io.github.tools-mcp

io.github.tools-mcp/vessel-traffic-mcp

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What is the Vessel Traffic MCP MCP server?

Read-only MCP server for vessel AIS, ship tracking, schedules, and BYOK maritime providers.

How to install Vessel Traffic MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

VESSEL_MCP_TRANSPORT
Run the package as a local stdio MCP server.
VESSEL_MCP_ENABLE_PUBLIC_PROVIDERS
Optional comma-separated public providers to enable at runtime.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vessel-traffic-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tools-mcp/vessel-traffic-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VESSEL_MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_VESSEL_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "VESSEL_MCP_ENABLE_PUBLIC_PROVIDERS": "<YOUR_VESSEL_MCP_ENABLE_PUBLIC_PROVIDERS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vessel-traffic-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tools-mcp/vessel-traffic-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VESSEL_MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_VESSEL_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "VESSEL_MCP_ENABLE_PUBLIC_PROVIDERS": "<YOUR_VESSEL_MCP_ENABLE_PUBLIC_PROVIDERS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vessel-traffic-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tools-mcp/vessel-traffic-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VESSEL_MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_VESSEL_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "VESSEL_MCP_ENABLE_PUBLIC_PROVIDERS": "<YOUR_VESSEL_MCP_ENABLE_PUBLIC_PROVIDERS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "vessel-traffic-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tools-mcp/vessel-traffic-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VESSEL_MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_VESSEL_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "VESSEL_MCP_ENABLE_PUBLIC_PROVIDERS": "<YOUR_VESSEL_MCP_ENABLE_PUBLIC_PROVIDERS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add vessel-traffic-mcp --env VESSEL_MCP_TRANSPORT=<YOUR_VESSEL_MCP_TRANSPORT> --env VESSEL_MCP_ENABLE_PUBLIC_PROVIDERS=<YOUR_VESSEL_MCP_ENABLE_PUBLIC_PROVIDERS> -- npx -y @tools-mcp/vessel-traffic-mcp