Editing Transport

'''Transport is a [[feature]] of [[product]] (or the [[product]] itself)''' Transport is a part of [[logistics]].
'''Modes of transport (and type of [[energy]] consumed): '''

*[[w:Ship]] (high sulphur / low sulphur [[w:diesel engine|diesel]]), ([[ocean]] or [[inland]]) Identified by [[w:IMO number]] or [[ship name]]. 
**[[w:RORO]] (diesel) (Roll On Roll Off, loads full trucs)
**[[w:Container ship]] (diesel) ship
**other [[w:Merchant_ship#Merchant ship categories|other merchant ships]] (diesel) 
*[[w:Train]] ([[electricity]] or [[diesel]])
*[[Lorry]] ([[diesel]] or [[biofuel]])
*[[Truck]] ([[diesel]] or [[biofuel]]) 
*[[Van]]  ([[diesel]] or [[biofuel]])
*[[Car]]  ([[fuel]], [[diesel]], [[biofuel]], [[natural gas]], [[solar]] or [[electricity]])
*[[Airplane]] ([[kerosine]], [[biokerosine]] mix)
*[[Animal]] ([[produce]])
*[[Human]] ([[produce]], [[animal]])
*[[Sail]] ([[wind]])


== Ecologicality of modes of transport ==

Sea vessels are basically very ecological even if the transported distance goes into the thousands or tens of thousands of km.

Rail traffic is practically free, at least for heavy cargo, to operate once the huge investment of building a rail network is done.

Trucks consume a lot of fuel, especially for heavy things. Studies have found that the larger the truck is, relatively it consumes more energy.

Airplane is the most unecological way to transport things as the CO2 footprint is very high for aircargo.

== Figuring out transportation distances ==

''' Commercial '''

* [https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/distance-matrix/overview 'Google Maps Platform ->  Web Services -> ''''Distance Matrix API'''' at developers.google.com]

''' Non-commercial '''

So if you know of any open content sources to get road/railroad/ship/airtravel distances between places it would be most welcome.

== Figuring out energy efficiency ==
From '''[[w:Energy efficiency in transport]]''' we can figure out the transportation costs are if we know the [[logistics]] route: Usage of fuel/kg/km transported for all transport types

== Ship tracking ==
Various ship-tracking services exist that get their data feed from  '''[[w:Automatic identification system]]s'''. AIS tracking become mandatory on all ships since 2004 <ref>http://www.vesseltracking.net/article/free-ais-ship-tracking-web-sites</ref> as [[w:International Maritime Organization|IMO]] requires ships over 300 [[w:gross tonnage]] to install an AIS [[w:transponder]] on board. The transponder transmits vessel position, SOG and COG (speed and [[w:Course (navigation)|course]] [[w:Ground speed|over ground]]), ship name, ship size and next [[w:Port#Port_of_call|port of call]].<ref>http://www.marinetraffic.org/marine-traffic</ref>

AIS uses '''[[w:Maritime Mobile Service Identity]]''' codegroups for ship ID

The '''[[w:National Marine Electronics Association]]''' (NMEA) is a US-based marine electronics [[w:trade association|trade organization]] setting standards of communication between [[w:marine electronics]].

An '''[[w:ENI number]]''' (European Number of Identification or European Vessel Identification Number) is a registration for ships capable of navigating on inland European waters. It is a unique, eight-digit identifier that is attached to a [[w:hull (watercraft)|hull]] for its entire lifetime, independent of the vessel's current [[w:ship naming and launching|name]] or [[w:flag state|flag]]. (Wikipedia)

''' AIS tracking services '''

* [http://www.aishub.net/ AIS Data Exchange at AISHub.net]<ref group="1st seen in" name="vesseltracking.net">http://www.vesseltracking.net/article/free-ais-ship-tracking-web-sites</ref> - AIS data sharing and vessel tracking by AISHub
* https://www.fleetmon.com/ - search by IMO, MMSI, vessel and port name
* https://www.marinetraffic.com/
* https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/ offers ship search, IMO, ENI, MMSI number search and also [https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/2013/07/container-ships-and-cargo-tracking.html container and cargo tracking] and [https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/2014/04/cargo-airlines-tracker.html cargo airline tracking]
* https://www.myshiptracking.com/
* [https://www.radar-live.com/p/ship-radar.html Ship tracker & Find AIS online at radar-live.com]
* https://www.shippingexplorer.net/ - live vessel tracking - [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.shippingexplorer android app]  [https://apps.apple.com/app/shippingexplorer/id472310436 iOS app]
* https://www.ships.com.ua/en/
* https://shiptracker.live/
* https://www.vesselfinder.com/ [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.astrapaging.vff&hl=en VesselFinder free Android app] [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vesselfinder-free/id918080862 VesselFinder Lite for iOS].

''' AIS tracking services for businesses '''
* [http://www.vesseltracking.net/company/msc MSC Container Tracker at vesseltracking.net]
* [http://www.vesseltracking.net/company/maersk Maersk Container Tracker at vesseltracking.net]
* [http://www.vesseltracking.net/company/cosco COSCO Container Tracking at vesseltracking.net]


''' Sources of links '''
* http://www.marinetraffic.org
* http://www.vesseltracking.net/article/free-ais-ship-tracking-web-sites

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