Global Shipping adds tens of thousands of ships into Microsoft Flight Simulator, adding to the immersion on coastal flights, approaches and departures. You'll find them crossing the seas and sailing the shipping lanes using real-world, historical Automatic Identification System (AIS) position data that has been collected over a year.

PLUS! Version 3 now adds the US Great Lakes to the scenery. The variety of ship types includes includes Gas and Oil Tankers, Cargo Haulers, Cruise Ships, Supply Ships, Trawlers, Crane Ships, Dredgers and more. Bring Microsoft Flight Simulator's seas to life!

Explore some of these busy ship spotting locations...

English Channel Gibraltar (LXGB) Singapore Strait (WSSS) US Great Lakes River Elbe (ETMN) Bosphorus River, Turkey Çanakkale, Turkey Skagerrak Strait Bangkok (VTBT) Sunda Strait, Indonesia Long Beach, California San Francisco New York Tokyo Strait of Hormuz

KEY FEATURES

Focused on freight shipping traffic Uses 54 high quality models/variants Includes Navigation and Night Lighting Includes Smoke and Wake VFX

REQUIRES

The latest version of the FREE Vessels: Core Library to be downloaded and installed to run.

TIP! Due to a bug in the sim we recommend changing the time slightly when the flight loads. This will force all the boats traffic to reload properly.