OSINT Search
Vessels and aircraft, by the number that does not change
Ships by IMO number and aircraft by registration, with the identifiers that survive a rename, a sale and a change of flag.
- Organisations
- 10
- Countries
- 5
- Searched live
- 5
What it covers
- IMO numbers, which are assigned once and stay with the hull for its whole life.
- Aircraft registrations and ICAO 24-bit addresses.
- Names, flags and MMSI numbers — all of which change, which is why they are shown and not relied on.
- Sanctions designations attaching to a vessel or its owner, where a published list carries them.
Whose records these are
Each of these bodies publishes its own records. The association reads what they publish; none of them is a partner and none has endorsed this service.
- Equasis (European Commission and maritime administrations)
- European Commission
- Global Affairs Canada
- International Maritime Organization
- Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto Traficom
- Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, HM Treasury
- Office of Foreign Assets Control, US Department of the Treasury
- OpenSky Network Association
- OpenSky Network association
- United Nations Security Council
What this will not do
- Nothing behind a login, a paywall or an access control. If reaching it means defeating something, it is not searched.
- No leaked or breached data, and nothing bought from a broker who will not say where it came from.
- A record found is a record in that register. It is not a finding about the person, and it is never a conviction.
- An empty result is not evidence that no record exists — only that the sources listed did not answer with one.
A ship renamed four times and reflagged twice has one IMO number throughout. Searching the name finds none of that history.