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 2020 VSR season are shown below.

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Company	Fleet Transit Distance (2020)	Cooperation Rate	Letter Grade
COSCO Shipping Lines Co Ltd > Container	5,217 nm	73.1%	B
Maersk A/S > Container	4,945 nm	70.8%	B
Ocean Network Express Pte Ltd > Container	4,654 nm	70.4%	B
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co > Container	4,540 nm	90.8%	A
Evergreen Marine Corp > Container	2,884 nm	69.9%	B
HMM Co Ltd > Container	2,807 nm	16.4%	F
CMA CGM SA The French Line > Container	2,684 nm	58.8%	C
Matson Navigation Co Inc > Container	2,567 nm	12.2%	F
Chevron Shipping Co LLC > Tanker	2,050 nm	78.0%	B
Yang Ming Marine Transport > Container	1,905 nm	88.8%	A
Pasha Hawaii Holdings LLC > Container, Ro-ro	1,610 nm	7.8%	F
Wan Hai Lines Ltd > Container	1,559 nm	66.8%	B
Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd > Ro-ro, Bulk	1,529 nm	93.3%	A
Orient Overseas Container Line > Container	1,353 nm	77.8%	B
APL LLC > Container	1,329 nm	63.8%	B
Zim Integrated Shipping Servs > Container	1,233 nm	63.2%	B
NYK Line > Ro-ro, Bulk	1,213 nm	75.2%	B
Polar Tankers Inc > Tanker	1,209 nm	98.5%	A
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd > Ro-ro, Bulk	1,090 nm	60.4%	B
Hapag-Lloyd AG > Container	1,081 nm	83.9%	A
CSL Americas > Bulk	1,011 nm	99.0%	A+
Unisea Shipping Ltd > Bulk, Tanker	900 nm	32.0%	D
TORM A/S > Tanker	851 nm	44.5%	C
Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd > Tanker	841 nm	78.4%	B
Saga Welco AS > General Cargo	797 nm	31.7%	D
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics > Ro-ro	727 nm	83.7%	A
Parakou Shipping Ltd > Bulk	717 nm	20.1%	D
Chevron Transport Corp Ltd > Tanker	701 nm	87.4%	A
Tsakos Commerce SA > Tanker	699 nm	23.1%	D
EUKOR Car Carriers Inc > Ro-ro	670 nm	38.6%	D
MOL Chemical Tankers Pte Ltd > Tanker	657 nm	59.4%	C
Nissan Motor Car Carrier > Ro-ro	643 nm	32.8%	D
Penfield Marine LLC > Tanker	638 nm	22.7%	D
Great White Fleet Ltd > Container	635 nm	17.0%	F
Crowley Petroleum Services Inc > Tanker	574 nm	88.3%	A
Crowley Alaska Tankers LLC > Tanker	574 nm	6.2%	F
Seabulk Fleet Management LLC > Ro-ro	566 nm	95.5%	A
Hafnia Pools Pte Ltd > Tanker	521 nm	38.0%	D
Hanseatic Chartering Ltd > Bulk	479 nm	30.2%	D
Pacific Basin Shipping HK Ltd > Bulk	468 nm	68.7%	B
BP Exploration Alaska Inc > Tanker	459 nm	100.0%	A+
Almi Tankers SA > Tanker	445 nm	43.6%	C
Pleiades Shipping Agents SA > Tanker	387 nm	97.2%	A
Wisdom Marine Lines SA > Bulk	387 nm	9.2%	F
Toko Kaiun Kaisha Ltd > General Cargo	375 nm	18.8%	F
Panamax International LLC > Tanker	354 nm	50.9%	C
Orion Reederei GmbH & Co KG > Bulk	331 nm	99.4%	A+
Ardmore MR Pool LLC > Tanker	330 nm	13.6%	F
Pan Ocean Co Ltd > Tanker	328 nm	94.7%	A
Eastern Car Liner Ltd > General Cargo	327 nm	4.1%	F
Hyundai Glovis Co Ltd > Ro-ro	326 nm	10.3%	F
Handytankers K/S > Tanker	326 nm	5.4%	F
NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers > General Cargo	324 nm	73.9%	B
Fairfield-Maxwell Services Ltd > Ro-ro	320 nm	15.0%	F
Phillips 66 Co > Tanker	320 nm	14.1%	F
Seacon Ships Management Co-HKG > Bulk	320 nm	16.1%	F
GLENDA International Managment > Tanker	319 nm	60.0%	C
Zodiac Maritime Ltd > Container	319 nm	8.1%	F
American Petroleum Tankers LLC > Tanker	306 nm	96.2%	A
Kuang Ming Shipping Corp-CHT > Bulk	305 nm	74.7%	B
Trafigura Maritime Logistics > Tanker	261 nm	71.7%	B
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc > Bulk	232 nm	16.9%	F
FLOPEC > Tanker	202 nm	19.8%	F
ANL Container Line Pty Ltd > Container	197 nm	82.5%	A
Proman Shipping AG > Tanker	195 nm	16.0%	F
Cape Tankers Inc > Tanker	192 nm	17.6%	F
China Navigation Co Pte Ltd > Container	191 nm	94.5%	A
Wilmar International Ltd > Bulk	190 nm	90.9%	A
COSCO Shipping Seafarer Mgmt > Bulk	190 nm	4.8%	F
Thorco Shipping A/S > General Cargo	189 nm	15.6%	F
Grindrod Shipping Pte Ltd > General Cargo	189 nm	7.8%	F
Doun Kisen Co Ltd > Bulk	188 nm	84.8%	A
Sinotrans Ship Management Ltd > Bulk	188 nm	51.8%	C
Kansai Steamship Co Ltd > Ro-ro	188 nm	87.8%	A
Santoku Senpaku Co Ltd > Bulk	188 nm	11.0%	F
Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd > Bulk	187 nm	10.0%	F
Norient Product Pool ApS > Tanker	187 nm	92.9%	A
Marine Capital Ltd > Bulk	187 nm	68.2%	B
Bulk Invest ASA > Bulk	185 nm	16.8%	F
WA Tankers AS > Tanker	184 nm	90.0%	A
Globus Shipmanagement Corp > Bulk	184 nm	12.8%	F
Ta-Tong Marine Co Ltd > Bulk	183 nm	89.7%	A
Transocean Maritime Agencies > Bulk	181 nm	32.1%	D
NYK Bulkship Asia Pte Ltd > Tanker	173 nm	39.4%	D
AET Inc Ltd > Tanker	172 nm	94.3%	A
PCL Tankers Pte Ltd > Tanker	172 nm	29.9%	D
Ultrabulk A/S > Bulk	169 nm	48.5%	C
Euronav NV > Tanker	168 nm	100.0%	A+
MC Shipping Ltd-JPN > Bulk	164 nm	31.6%	D
Maersk Tankers MR K/S > Tanker	161 nm	19.0%	F
SM Line Corp > Container	159 nm	20.3%	D
Goulandris Maritime Inc > Tanker	159 nm	23.6%	D
Koch Shipping Pte Ltd > Tanker	158 nm	79.1%	B
UPT Panamax Pool Ltd > Tanker	157 nm	5.6%	F
Maersk Tankers A/S > Tanker	155 nm	95.6%	A
OSG Ship Management Inc > Tanker	153 nm	40.2%	C
Oman Shipping Co SAOC > Tanker	149 nm	53.0%	C
Tesoro Far East Maritime Co > Tanker	147 nm	76.6%	B
Teekay Chartering Ltd > Tanker	137 nm	83.2%	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