KING CHAIN
Crude Oil Tanker (Panamax/LR1), Cameroon flag, 228 m long, 75k t deadweight. It is stationary in the Sohar area on the Gulf of Oman side of the strait, and has been since at least 30 Sep 2026, 05:49 UTC. We have recorded 1 crossing of the Strait of Hormuz by this ship, the latest on 3 July 2026.
Where KING CHAIN is now
Show on live map →Latest AIS position of KING CHAIN. No track in the last 7 days.
Track sampled every 5 minutes while the ship is moving within about 150 km of the strait, kept for the last 7 days. Source: live AIS.
- Position reported
- Status
- Stationary since at least
- Speed
- 0.0 kn
- Course
- 315°
- Heading
- 69°
- Declared destination
- SOHAR
- Area
- Sohar
- Side of the strait
- Gulf of Oman side
- Position
- 24.5358° N, 56.8398° E
- Type
- Crude Oil Tanker · Panamax/LR1
- Flag
- Cameroon
- Size
- 228 m × 32 m
- Deadweight
- 75k t
- Last listed in the feed
Declared destinations are typed in by the crew, so they can be abbreviated port codes (such as AEFJR for Fujairah), out of date or wrong. During the crisis some crews also use the field for messages: see where ships say they are going. A flag shows where a ship is registered, not who owns it.
This ship was already stationary when our waiting-time tracking began on 30 September 2026, so its real wait is probably longer. Not every stationary ship is stranded: some are loading, discharging or refuelling.
Strait of Hormuz crossings by KING CHAIN
All crossings →0 inbound (westbound, into the Gulf) and 1 outbound (eastbound, to the Gulf of Oman), newest first.
| Time (UTC) | Ship | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| est. | KING CHAINPanamax/LR1 · 228 m | → Outbound |
When a ship reappears on the other side of the counting line after an AIS gap of more than 72 hours, we did not see it cross, so that crossing is listed but not counted in our daily totals.
Rows marked "est." were reconstructed with an earlier tracking method rather than detected live.
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