MarineActivityAIS · shore receivers worldwide

Vatican City State

Vessels whose MMSI begins with the maritime identification digit block 208 — allocated by the ITU to Vatican City State, in Europe.

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MID blocks

208
Vatican City State · VAT

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.

Reading an MMSI, digit by digit →

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Vatican City State flagged vessels we have heard

No result

No Vatican City State 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 Vatican City State 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.