OPAL
General Cargo, Comoros flag, 166 m long, 19k t deadweight. It is under way at 9.1 kn on the Gulf of Oman side of the strait. We have recorded 9 crossings of the Strait of Hormuz by this ship, the latest on 22 August 2026.
Where OPAL is now
Show on live map →Latest AIS position of OPAL. 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
- Under way
- Speed
- 9.1 kn
- Course
- 93°
- Heading
- 0°
- Declared destination
- TO ORDER
- Area
- outside our named anchorages
- Side of the strait
- Gulf of Oman side
- Position
- 25.1731° N, 58.4559° E
- Type
- General Cargo
- Flag
- Comoros
- Size
- 166 m × 23 m
- Deadweight
- 19k 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Declared destinations are typed in by the crew, so they can be abbreviated port codes (such as AEFJR for Fujairah), out of date or wrong.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.
Strait of Hormuz crossings by OPAL
All crossings →4 inbound (westbound, into the Gulf) and 5 outbound (eastbound, to the Gulf of Oman), newest first.
| Time (UTC) | Ship | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| est. | OPAL166 m | → Outbound |
| est. | OPAL166 m | ← Inbound |
| est. | OPAL166 m | → Outbound |
| est. | OPAL166 m | ← Inbound |
| est. | OPAL166 m | → Outbound |
| est. | OPAL166 m | ← Inbound |
| est. | OPAL166 m | → Outbound |
| est. | OPAL166 m | ← Inbound |
| est. | OPAL166 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. 2 crossings above are in that category: (inbound); (inbound).
Rows marked "est." were reconstructed with an earlier tracking method rather than detected live.
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