The slowest requests on our API were the ones that found nothing
On 9 September 2026, asking our API for the most recent port event of a vessel took 28 ms if the vessel had one and 2.0 to 2.5 s if it had none. Asking for the ETA of a vessel whose IMO we could not map to an MMSI took 12 s on a quiet database and 30 s or more on a busy one, until the statement timeout ended it. Over one night, requests that ended in "not found" used 71% of all the database time…
On September 9th, 2026, the API's slowest requests were those that returned no results. For example, finding the most recent port event for a vessel took 28 milliseconds if the vessel had one, but 2 to 2.5 seconds if it had none. Similarly, requesting an ETA for a vessel with an unidentifiable IMO took 12 seconds on an idle database, and 30 seconds or more on a busy one. Over the course of a night, 71% of the database time on the ETA endpoint was spent handling "not found" requests.
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