Niger
Vessels whose MMSI begins with the maritime identification digit block 656 — allocated by the ITU to Niger, in Africa.
MID blocks
- 656
- Niger · NER
A MID identifies the registry that issued the number, which is not always the same as nationality in the everyday sense — several blocks belong to dependencies and territories. And an MMSI changes when a ship reflags, while its IMO number does not.
In our store
Niger flagged vessels we have heard
No result
No Niger flagged vessels in our store
We hear only what shore-based receivers pick up, and that network is uneven — dense on some coasts, absent on others and in mid-ocean. A register with no vessels here simply means none of its ships have been heard by those receivers — it says nothing about the size of the Niger fleet.
Listed newest position first, capped at 150 rows. “No position held” means we have a static report from the vessel but no position report.