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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Operator Name

Company	Fleet Transit Distance (2022)	Cooperation Rate	Letter Grade
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