Aquarius

No AIS position on record for this vessel. Identity and particulars are below.

Identity & particulars

Name

Aquarius

IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?

7600574

MMSIWhat is an MMSI?

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Call signWhat is a call sign?

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Flag

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Vessel type

Salvage ship

Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight

1,812

Length overall

77 m

Beam

11.8 m

Year built

1977

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Timeline

Dated events for this ship from every source Voydar holds, newest first. Each line names its source; derived items say how they were derived.

Owner, operator and manager changes found by comparing yearly EU MRV reports are dated to the reporting year ("during 2025"), not to a day. Port calls here are the most recent only; the full lists are further down.

Former and other names

Names attested for this ship other than its current name.

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About Aquarius

The MV Aquarius, formerly Aquarius Dignitus and Aquarius 2, is a 1977-built German Fisheries Authorities ship, used since 2020 as a Russian deep sea survey vessel. The ship was used to rescue refugees and migrants stranded in the Mediterranean Sea between 2016 and 2018. It was chartered and operated between February 2016 and late 2018 by the NGOs SOS Méditerranée and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF or Doctors without borders) as a rescue vessel for migrants and refugees making the Mediterranean crossing in makeshift craft from Libya to Italy as part of the European migrant crisis. The rescue vessel was converted from the German coast-guard and fishery protection vessel (then named Meerkatze, built in 1977). The rescue ship had a registered capacity to accommodate 25 crew members and carried up to 4 journalists and up to 300 rescued migrants.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Aquarius now?

Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Aquarius in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is Aquarius?

Aquarius is a salvage ship, built in 1977 by Lürssen. The vessel is 77 m long with a beam of 11.8 m and has a gross tonnage of 1,812.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Aquarius?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Aquarius from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels and the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for Aquarius. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.