
Explore the Whale Safe Tool
Whale Safe is a tool that displays both visual and acoustic whale detections in the Santa Barbara Channel. It also includes a blue whale habitat model that predicts the likelihood of blue whale presence.
The tool ranks vessels and shipping companies according to their rates of cooperation with NOAA’s voluntary speed restrictions in the Santa Barbara Channel.
The companies with highest and lowest rates of adoption during the 2022 VSR season are shown below.
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Company | Fleet Transit Distance (2022) | Cooperation Rate | Letter Grade |
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COSCO Shipping Lines Co Ltd > Container |
1,123 nm | 90.5% | A |
Maersk A/S > Container |
1,091 nm | 70.2% | B |
Matson Navigation Co Inc > Container |
979 nm | 10.1% | F |
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co > Container, Bulk |
826 nm | 86.7% | A |
Evergreen Marine Corp > Container |
788 nm | 50.9% | C |
CMA CGM SA The French Line > Container |
754 nm | 26.6% | D |
Chevron Shipping Co LLC > Tanker |
745 nm | 37.4% | D |
Ocean Network Express Pte Ltd > Container |
730 nm | 75.9% | B |
Yang Ming Marine Transport > Container |
584 nm | 90.9% | A |
Orient Overseas Container Line > Container |
482 nm | 95.9% | A |
NYK Line > Ro-ro, Bulk |
423 nm | 94.2% | A |
Wan Hai Lines Ltd > Container |
376 nm | 93.3% | A |
Interlink Maritime Corp > Bulk |
363 nm | 95.0% | A |
HMM Co Ltd > Container |
361 nm | 18.7% | F |
Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd > Ro-ro |
359 nm | 70.1% | B |
Swire Shipping Pte Ltd > Bulk |
357 nm | 55.1% | C |
MOL Chemical Tankers Pte Ltd > Tanker |
342 nm | 92.3% | A |
Quanzhou Ansheng Shpg Co Ltd > Container |
341 nm | 83.5% | A |
Chevron Transport Corp Ltd > Tanker |
339 nm | 43.4% | C |
Kyoei Tanker Co Ltd > Tanker |
339 nm | 99.2% | A+ |
Anglo-Atlantic Steamship Co > Tanker |
323 nm | 7.1% | F |
Crowley Petroleum Services Inc > Tanker |
314 nm | 7.5% | F |
BP Exploration Alaska Inc > Tanker |
306 nm | 95.6% | A |
Polar Tankers Inc > Tanker |
303 nm | 98.0% | A |
Pasha Hawaii Holdings LLC > Ro-ro, Container |
253 nm | 19.9% | F |
Hafnia Pools Pte Ltd > Tanker |
249 nm | 34.9% | D |
Hyundai Glovis Co Ltd > Ro-ro |
221 nm | 90.5% | A |
FLOPEC > Tanker |
204 nm | 15.2% | F |
Helikon Shipping Enterprises > Bulk |
191 nm | 99.6% | A+ |
CSL Americas > Bulk |
190 nm | 64.6% | B |
Tankerska Plovidba dd > Bulk |
190 nm | 6.0% | F |
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd > Ro-ro |
190 nm | 36.1% | D |
Kansai Steamship Co Ltd > Ro-ro |
189 nm | 99.9% | A+ |
Pacific Basin Shipping HK Ltd > Bulk |
188 nm | 99.0% | A |
Empros Lines Shipping Co SP SA > Bulk |
187 nm | 20.0% | D |
Hoegh Autoliners Management AS > Ro-ro |
186 nm | 54.9% | C |
China Merchants Steam Nav > Bulk |
185 nm | 19.6% | F |
Ultrabulk A/S > Bulk |
185 nm | 45.8% | C |
Doun Kisen Co Ltd > Bulk |
185 nm | 74.3% | B |
G2 Ocean AS > General Cargo |
173 nm | 68.4% | B |
MMS Co Ltd > Ro-ro |
166 nm | 95.6% | A |
Great White Fleet Ltd > Container |
166 nm | 13.8% | F |
COSCO Shipping Xiamen Co Ltd > Bulk |
164 nm | 6.3% | F |
Kobe Shipping Co Ltd-Kobe > General Cargo |
163 nm | 95.7% | A |
Stena Bulk A/S > Tanker |
161 nm | 4.6% | F |
Sealand Maersk Asia Pte Ltd > Container |
160 nm | 96.5% | A |
Grand Wise Ltd > Bulk |
160 nm | 99.0% | A+ |
Zim Integrated Shipping Servs > Container |
158 nm | 4.7% | F |
Marla Dry Bulk Shipmanagement > Bulk |
156 nm | 10.5% | F |
Hainan Ansheng Shipping Co > Container |
155 nm | 2.7% | F |
APL LLC > Container |
155 nm | 42.6% | C |
Euronav NV > Tanker |
121 nm | 55.0% | C |
Toko Kaiun Kaisha Ltd > General Cargo |
111 nm | 42.7% | C |
Zodiac Maritime Ltd > Tanker |
107 nm | 66.7% | B |
Kambara Kisen Co Ltd > Bulk |
103 nm | 0.0% | F |
Seabulk Fleet Management LLC > Ro-ro |
100 nm | 99.2% | A+ |
The information and data provided by Whale Safe is intended for informational purposes only and must be relied upon solely at your own risk. Please see methodology for more information or contact us with questions or concerns at: boi-whalesafe@ucsb.edu
Today's Whale Presence: High*
Today's Whale Presence: High | May 20, 2022

Blue Whale Habitat Model
* Whale sightings data may be limited due to COVID-19.