MaritimeStandardNLOD

The Norwegian Maritime Authority (SDIR)

Name: The Norwegian Maritime Authority (SDIR)
License: NLOD

The Norwegian Maritime Authority's open vessel register with searches on ships (IMO, MMSI, name, flag, type), shipowner details (name, org number, number of vessels) and certificate data. All Norwegian-registered ships and ships with DNV class are included. Open REST API at data.sdir.no, no API key required. Licence: NLOD.

60K rows

Data volume

Daily

Updates

MCP tools

Example response — /api/connectors/sdir/ships

{
  "data": "..."
}

MCP integration

Available MCP tools

sdir_get_company_ships

sdir_get_ship

sdir_search_ships

Configuration for Claude Desktop / Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sdir": {
      "url": "https://data.ketl.no/mcp/sdir",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer $KETL_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

API endpoints

GET

/ships

Søk i fartøyregister — minst ett av q/imo/mmsi/callSign/flag/shipType

q optional: Fritekstsøk på fartøysnavn (alias for name) q=stril
name optional: Fartøysnavn (alias: q) name=stril
imo optional: IMO-nummer (7 siffer) imo=9074729
mmsi optional: MMSI-nummer (9 siffer) mmsi=257000000
flag optional: Flaggstat (ISO-landkode) flag=NO
shipType optional: Fartøystype shipType=Lasteskip
callSign optional: Kallesignal callSign=LDVL

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sdir/ships
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sdir/ships"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/ships/{imo}

Hent ett fartøy på IMO-nummer

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sdir/ships/{imo}
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sdir/ships/{imo}"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/company/{orgnr}

Rederiopplysninger på organisasjonsnummer

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sdir/company/{orgnr}
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sdir/company/{orgnr}"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/health

Connector-helsestatus

deep optional: Sett `deep=1` for å få med det fulle probe-objektet (`deepProbe`). Enhver annen verdi gir samme svar som uten parameteren — verdimengden er IKKE lukket, så ruta avviser ingenting (MÅLT 2026-08-30). deep=1

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sdir/health
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/sdir/health"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

Access and pricing

The Norwegian Maritime Authority (SDIR) is openly available — create an account to get started.

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