For fishing fleets

Fishing Dhoni & Fleet Tracking in the Maldives

A fishing dhoni goes where the fish are, not where the schedule says. Tracking a fleet of them is less about routes and more about knowing which boats are working, which are steaming home, and how long each one actually spent on the grounds.

Dhuveli knows where every anchored FAD in the country is, and every ice plant, with its daily capacity, operator and contact — imported from the Ministry of Fisheries registers and refreshed every day. They are on the map behind your boats, so a position 500 metres off a FAD reads as that FAD rather than as open water.

That matters for the log more than for the live view. At the end of a month you can see which grounds a boat worked, how long it sat there, and how far it ran to get ice — the things that decide whether a trip paid for its fuel. The full register is public in the FAD list and the ice plant list.

Every FAD on the map

All the anchored FADs, named by bearing and distance from the nearest island, straight from the fisheries register.

Ice plants with capacity

Where to get ice, how much a plant makes a day, who runs it and their number — updated daily.

Time on the grounds

Automatic trips and stops, so you can see working time against steaming time without asking anyone.

Fuel against catch

Log refuelling per vessel and per trip, and compare consumption between boats and captains.

Departure and arrival alerts

Know when a boat leaves the harbour and when it is back, pushed to your phone or your team's Telegram.

Overdue and no-signal warnings

If a boat has not reported for longer than it should, you hear about it rather than noticing it.

Questions we get asked

Do you have the FAD positions already?

Yes — every anchored FAD in the register, refreshed daily, drawn on the map behind your fleet. You can see the same list publicly in the Maldives Atlas without an account.

Can we see how long a boat spent fishing?

Yes. Trips and stops are detected from the track, so working time, steaming time and idle time are separated without the crew logging anything.

Does it work for a mixed fleet?

Yes. Dhonis, the mothership, cargo vessels and shore vehicles all sit in one workspace, each with its own device and its own history.

What about ice runs?

Ice plants are on the map with their capacity and contact details, so a run to collect ice is logged against a named plant rather than an unnamed stop.

See it with your own boats

We will set up a workspace with your vessels in it so you can judge it on your own operation rather than a demo of ours.