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

LUCKY CHEM

Oil Products Tanker, Panama flag, 144 m long, 20k t deadweight. It is stationary in the Sharjah / Ajman area on the Persian Gulf side of the strait, and has been since 30 Sep 2026, 10:55 UTC. We have recorded 2 crossings of the Strait of Hormuz by this ship, the latest on 20 August 2026.

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Latest AIS position of LUCKY CHEM. 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
0.0 kn
Course
206°
Heading
72°
Declared destination
AE SHJ
Area
Sharjah / Ajman
Side of the strait
Persian Gulf side
Position
25.4327° N, 55.2802° E
Type
Oil Products Tanker · Small
Flag
Panama
Size
144 m × 24 m
Deadweight
20k 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Declared destinations are typed in by the crew, so they can be abbreviated port codes (such as AEFJR for Fujairah), out of date or wrong.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 LUCKY CHEM

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

Time (UTC)ShipDirectionTypeFlagDeadweightDeclared destination
est. LUCKY CHEMSmall · 144 m ← Inbound Oil Products Tanker 🇵🇦 Panama20k tAE SHJ
est. LUCKY CHEMSmall · 144 m → Outbound Oil Products Tanker 🇵🇦 Panama20k tAE SHJ

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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