Thursday 1 October 2026 Day 216 of the Hormuz crisis AIS feed live
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Vessel

BINARY STAR

Oil Products Tanker (MR), Nicaragua flag, 184 m long, 38k t deadweight. It is stationary on the Gulf of Oman side of the strait, and has been since 30 Sep 2026, 23:43 UTC. We have recorded 3 crossings of the Strait of Hormuz by this ship, the latest on 20 September 2026.

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Latest AIS position of BINARY STAR. No track in the last 7 days.

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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
Speed
0.2 kn
Course
339°
Heading
74°
Declared destination
SIHNAS
Area
outside our named anchorages
Side of the strait
Gulf of Oman side
Position
24.8184° N, 56.5335° E
Type
Oil Products Tanker · MR
Flag
Nicaragua
Size
184 m × 27 m
Deadweight
38k 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Declared destinations are typed in by the crew, so they can be abbreviated port codes (such as AEFJR for Fujairah), out of date or wrong.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.

Waiting time is counted from when the ship stopped (below 1 knot); tracking began on 30 September 2026. Not every stationary ship is stranded: some are loading, discharging or refuelling.

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Strait of Hormuz crossings by BINARY STAR

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1 inbound (westbound, into the Gulf) and 2 outbound (eastbound, to the Gulf of Oman), newest first.

Time (UTC)ShipDirectionTypeFlagDeadweightDeclared destination
est. BINARY STARMR · 184 m → Outbound Oil Products Tanker 🇳🇮 Nicaragua38k tSIHNAS
est. BINARY STARMR · 184 m ← Inbound Oil Products Tanker 🇳🇮 Nicaragua38k tSIHNAS
est. BINARY STARMR · 184 m → Outbound Oil Products Tanker 🇳🇮 Nicaragua38k tSIHNAS

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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