Live Realtime Shipping Strait of Hormuz - MSFS 2020 - No Tankers yet marinetraffic.com has many at sea

A user reports testing the live real-time shipping feature in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, focusing on the Strait of Hormuz area. They enabled real-time aircraft and set shipping traffic levels to 100, expecting to see various vessels including tankers, but observed only a few cruise liners near Dubai Palms. The user flew at altitudes between 2000 and 5000 feet to verify the presence of tanker traffic but found none despite marinetraffic.com showing many ships at sea.

The discrepancy highlights a gap between the simulator’s live shipping data and actual maritime traffic in the region, particularly the absence of tankers in the simulation. This suggests that the simulator’s live shipping system may not fully integrate or display all vessel types accurately in busy shipping lanes like the Strait of Hormuz. The observation raises questions about the completeness of live maritime traffic representation in MSFS 2020, especially for users interested in detailed coastal and sea traffic scenarios.