Bring the world’s oceans to life like never before — now rebuilt for MSFS2024.Vessels: Global Shipping 24 is the successor to the original Vessels: Global Shipping for MSFS2020. We preserved everything you loved — global routes, realistic ship behaviour, and immersive visuals — but rebuilt it for the MSFS2024 engine, adding moving landable ships, and giving you better performance, more variety, and more ships than ever before.Tens of thousands of ships sail across oceans and trade lanes worldwide, covering major ports, chokepoints, and mid-ocean routes for long-haul flights.With 90+ ship variants, optimized models, and an Interactive Map to help you plan your flights, Global Shipping 24 makes the seas feel alive, immersive, and ready for any pilot at high or low altitude. Note: The free Vessels Core library is required. The Contrail App will install this automatically for you. Rebuilt and Refreshed for MSFS2024: New traffic toolchain, faster updates and optimized for performance Expanded model library: 90+ handcrafted ship variants (up from 54) including Cargo, LNG, Oil, Bulk, Vehicle, Livestock Carriers, Trawlers, Supply Ships, Crane Ships, Cruise Ships, Dredgers, and more It's Huge: Global coverage for oceans, trade lanes, and major ports (check out the map!) Offline traffic: Always visible and reliable, independent of live ship tracking, with no model matching or live data woes Landable ships: over 15,000 vessels suitable for boarding/landing at launch with more on their way Enhanced regions: Panama Canal, Suez Canal, Rotterdam, Norwegian fjords, and other key locations Realistic effects: Our usual wind-reactive smoke, wakes and night lighting Optimized performance: High-poly PBR models with LODs for smooth FPS flying and fast flight load times, even in dense areas. Interactive global traffic map: Explore every start position, type, coordinates and 'landable' vessels. Explore some of the world’s busiest shipping routes and port approaches: The English Channel Gibraltar The Singapore Strait The River Elbe, Germany Bosphorus & Çanakkale, Turkey The Skagerrak Strait Hong Kong Bangkok The Sunda Strait, Indonesia Long Beach, San Francisco, Tokyo The Strait of Hormuz Plus! Extra attention given to iconic locations: Panama Canal Suez Canal Rotterdam Norwegian fjords …and the oceans in between, faithfully populated with ships for a true global experience.
