Key facts for Shipping - Physical Assets
Coverage metric
Geography:
North America, Asia / Pacific, EMEA, Latin America and the Caribbean
History:
From 1900
Delivery metadata
Data Frequency
Continuous
Language
English
Delivery methods:
Excel, Deployed/Onsite Servers, API, Web Service, SFTP, Cloud, Desktop, FTP, Bulk, Snowflake, Website, RSS Feed
Data formats:
PDF, GZIP, XML, JSON, CSV, SQL, Text, Python, MPEG, HTML, Bitmap, User Interface, PCAP
Minimum service frequency
Continuous
Overview of Shipping - Physical Assets
INSIGHT FOR MARITIME DECISIONS
Navigate fleet and chartering decisions
• Evaluate fleet performance and vessel availability.
• Support chartering and logistics planning with vessel context.
• Manage operational and market exposure using shipping fundamentals.
GLOBAL SHIPPING PHYSICAL ASSETS
Understand the global shipping fleet
• Access vessel specifications, ownership, age and capacity.
• Track operational status across key vessel classes.
• Covers tankers, bulk carriers and container ships.
VALIDATED VESSEL & ASSET DATA
Integrated vessel and asset intelligence
• Combines terrestrial, satellite and roaming AIS signals.
• Standardises fields and flags potential AIS anomalies.
• Uses PermID, source matching and structured metadata for consistent asset classification.
Description of the dataset
- LSEG provides Shipping - Physical Assets data to help customers understand the composition and characteristics of the global shipping fleet. We deliver detailed vessel information covering specifications, ownership, age, capacity and operational status across asset classes such as tankers, bulk carriers and container ships.
- Our physical asset coverage supports customers evaluating fleet performance, vessel availability and chartering decisions. We help market participants manage exposure and operational risk by connecting vessel-level attributes with broader shipping fundamentals.
- LSEG structures this dataset with documented business data element definitions, dimension IDs, dimension names, element names, descriptions, short names, abbreviations and hierarchy levels. We use PermID references, source-matching details and name-related metadata to support standardised vessel and asset classification.
- We maintain a 61-row data dictionary for this physical assets dataset to improve transparency and downstream usability. LSEG enables customers to integrate fleet reference attributes into maritime analytics, logistics planning and commodities market workflows.
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