What kind of ship is Coral Chief?

Coral Chief is a container ship sailing under the flag of Hong Kong, built in 2015. The vessel is 170 m long with a beam of 30 m and has a gross tonnage of 18,723.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Coral Chief?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Coral Chief from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. Coral Chief has 6 recorded Port State Control inspections. Detention and deficiency detail is not recorded for these inspections.

Coral Chief

Container ship · Hong Kong · built 2015 · AIS Class A

IMO9689938MMSI477066300Call signVROC5Last AIS position Oct 3, 2026, 17:35 UTC

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In short

Coral Chief (Container ship, Hong Kong flag) was last seen on AIS on Oct 3, 2026, 17:35 UTC, under way at 14.5 kn, in the Indian Ocean. Voydar has no more recent AIS position for this ship. Its current location cannot be established from this report. Its crew-entered AIS destination is AUBNE (Brisbane), with an ETA of Oct 6, 2026, 23:25 UTC; its reported draught is 8.6 m (voyage report via AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS, received Oct 3, 2026, 14:45 UTC). Its last detected port call was at Port Melbourne: arrived Oct 2, 2026, left Oct 3, 2026.

Vessel type: Container ship
Flag: Hong Kong
Year built: 2015
Gross tonnage: 18,723
Size (length × beam): 170 m × 30 m
Registered owner: —

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Last reported position

received Oct 3, 2026, 17:35 UTC

Position: 38.3263° S, 144.9068° E
Area: Indian Ocean
StatusWhat do AIS statuses mean?: Under way using engine
Speed: 14.5 kn
Course: 209°
Heading: 220°

38.3263° S, 144.9068° E

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Last 30 days: 1 port call (Port Melbourne).

Port calls are detected by Voydar from AIS (at least 30 minutes slow inside a harbour area); see Port calls below.

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Identity & particulars

Name: Coral Chief
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 9689938
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: 477066300
Call signWhat is a call sign?: VROC5
Flag: Hong Kong
Vessel type: Container ship
AIS ship type: Cargo (hazardous cat. D)
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: 18,723
Deadweight (DWT): Source: Wikidata, record Q117110682. Added to Voydar on September 23, 2026. Licence: CC0 1.0.22,032 t
Length overall: 170 m
Beam: 30 m
Year built: 2015

A tag next to a value names the register that supplied it (hover or tap it for the record and date). Values without a tag come from the ship's own AIS broadcasts or from Wikidata. Position and identity are derived live from AIS.

Ownership & management

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No owner, operator or manager is recorded for this vessel yet.

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.

Date	Event	Source
Oct 3, 2026, 15:59 UTC	Left Port MelbourneAIS-detected	Voydar port-call detector (AIS geofence)
Oct 2, 2026, 19:34 UTC	Arrived at Port MelbourneAIS-detected	Voydar port-call detector (AIS geofence)
Sep 8, 2024	Port State Control inspection at PAGO PAGO, American Samoa	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections
Jan 9, 2020	Inspection at PAGO PAGO, American Samoa	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections
Nov 11, 2019	Port State Control inspection at PAGO PAGO, American Samoa	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections
Oct 23, 2018	Port State Control inspection at PAGO PAGO, American Samoa	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections
Sep 3, 2017	Port State Control inspection at PAGO PAGO, American Samoa	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections
Aug 6, 2016	Port State Control inspection at PAGO PAGO, American Samoa	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections

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.

Safety & inspections

Inspections

not recorded

Detentions

Deficiencies

Date	Type	Port	Findings
Sep 8, 2024	Vessel InspectionPSC	PAGO PAGO, American Samoa	clean
Jan 9, 2020	Vessel Inspection	PAGO PAGO, American Samoa	clean
Nov 11, 2019	Vessel InspectionPSC	PAGO PAGO, American Samoa	clean
Oct 23, 2018	Vessel InspectionPSC	PAGO PAGO, American Samoa	clean
Sep 3, 2017	Vessel InspectionPSC	PAGO PAGO, American Samoa	clean
Aug 6, 2016	Vessel InspectionPSC	PAGO PAGO, American Samoa	clean

Source: U.S. Coast Guard Port State Information Exchange (PSIX) — public domain. Covers inspections recorded in U.S. waters. Free on Voydar; the incumbents charge for this.

Port calls

Two kinds of evidence, kept apart: calls Voydar detected from the ship's AIS positions, and arrivals and departures published by port authorities and customs records.

Detected from AIS AIS-detected

Port	Arrived	Departed	Time in port
Port Melbourne AUPOR	Oct 2, 2026, 19:34 UTC	Oct 3, 2026, 15:59 UTC	20 h 25 min

Detected by Voydar when the ship's AIS positions stayed slow inside a harbour area. Calls shorter than 30 minutes are not shown. Depends on AIS reception; detection started on June 8, 2026.

Behaviour at sea Voydar-derived

Patterns Voydar derived from this ship's AIS broadcasts. They are inferences, not reports: each one shows how it was computed and how confident we are, and none of them says why a ship behaved this way.

When	What we observed	Confidence
Oct 3, 2026, 14:45 UTC	Draught change Reported draught went from 7.6 m to 8.6 m while in port at Port Melbourne. Voydar infers the ship probably loaded cargo. Method seadar.behaviour.draught_change v1	Medium (65%)

When

What we observed

Confidence

Oct 3, 2026, 14:45 UTC

Draught change

Reported draught went from 7.6 m to 8.6 m while in port at Port Melbourne. Voydar infers the ship probably loaded cargo.

Method seadar.behaviour.draught_change v1

Medium (65%)

Source: AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS. AIS data: AISstream.io. Licence: none published.

Derived from AIS positions of feeds whose terms allow display on Voydar. Coverage is terrestrial: gaps are reported only where our receivers kept hearing other ships. Detections below medium confidence are not shown.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Coral Chief now?: Coral Chief (Container ship, Hong Kong flag) was last seen on AIS on Oct 3, 2026, 17:35 UTC, under way at 14.5 kn, in the Indian Ocean. Voydar has no more recent AIS position for this ship. Its current location cannot be established from this report. The crew-entered destination was AUBNE (voyage report via AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS, received Oct 3, 2026, 14:45 UTC). This report does not confirm the ship’s current route.
What kind of ship is Coral Chief?: Coral Chief is a container ship sailing under the flag of Hong Kong, built in 2015. The vessel is 170 m long with a beam of 30 m and has a gross tonnage of 18,723.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Coral Chief?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Coral Chief from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. Coral Chief has 6 recorded Port State Control inspections. Detention and deficiency detail is not recorded for these inspections.

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