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Digital Exhibit for the German Maritime Museum

Which ship is currently in which place in the world? Visitors to the German Maritime Museum can follow the movement of ships in real time on a live ship map.

World and sea in change - that is the theme of the SEA CHANGES exhibition in the German Maritime Museum. Using the polar regions as an example, it examines the influence of climate (change) on shipping, ecosystems and natural resources. In recent years, shipping traffic on the world's oceans has increased noticeably. Over 90,000 ships of various sizes are sailing on the world's oceans. These include cargo ships (container ships, oil, gas and chemical tankers, bulkers), passenger ships (ferries and cruise ships) and service ships (e.g. tugs, offshore supply and research ships).

  • Client

    German Maritime Museum

  • Year

    2019

  • Tasks

    Interfacedesign, Application Development, Hardware procurement

Keeping an eye on all shipping traffic

Visitors can observe shipping traffic on a world map on a large-format touchscreen. If you select a ship, you will receive a view of the ship as well as information on the name, ship type, flag, destination and last ports called at. You can also search for ships specifically and filter the view according to different ship types.

The ship positions are determined using the Automatic Identification System, or AIS for short. This is a radio system that enables ships to be precisely identified by transmitting navigation and ship data, thus greatly increasing safety when sailing.

Background to the exhibition Sea Changes

Climate change is probably the greatest challenge facing humanity at present. Our oceans in particular, which make up around 71% of the earth's surface, are facing drastic and perhaps irreversible change due to global warming. Research shipping plays an important role in being able to more accurately understand and calculate the consequences of global warming on the oceans. The Polarstern, which is currently on the MOSAiC expedition, the largest polar expedition in history, is making an important contribution to this.

On the occasion of the MOSAiC expedition of the research vessel Polarstern, the largest expedition to date to explore the northern polar region, the German Maritime Museum is presenting the special exhibition Sea Changes.

The special exhibition can be seen at the German Maritime Museum from November 16, 2019 to March 2020.