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Wing-in-ground craft

A craft that flies just above the water on the air cushion under its wings. The AIS type is also used in error by some small craft. Voydar tracks 53 ships of this type by IMO number, 28 of them heard on AIS in the last 7 days.

Ship types explained

Largest wing-in-ground craft by gross tonnage

Gross tonnage measures a ship's enclosed volume, not its weight. From the ship's registered particulars (Wikidata, EU MRV and other public sources).

ShipGTBuiltFlagLast AIS
Diamond Sky31,6172012MaltaSep 23, 2026, 22:34 UTC
VALARIS 24919,5262001Marshall IslandsOct 1, 2026, 20:45 UTC
Tasha14,6832014PanamaOct 1, 2026, 18:27 UTC
RALPH COFFMAN10,4112009Marshall IslandsAug 18, 2026, 01:10 UTC
ENA FORTITUDE5,4182013SingaporeSep 25, 2026, 10:48 UTC
HOLIDAY5,0252010United Statesnot on AIS
GEO BARENTS4,9792007NorwayOct 1, 2026, 20:49 UTC
MARSH ISLAND4,8282018United Statesnot on AIS
Springbok4,0882014BrazilOct 1, 2026, 19:42 UTC
ENIF3,7491990ComorosSep 21, 2026, 09:20 UTC

Newest wing-in-ground craft

By year built, from the ship's registered particulars.

ShipGTBuiltFlagLast AIS
ARMADA 86 06—2025SingaporeSep 25, 2026, 10:59 UTC
MARSH ISLAND4,8282018United Statesnot on AIS
POLATKAN3,0402018TürkiyeSep 23, 2026, 07:31 UTC
Seapup 32,7782018IndonesiaSep 26, 2026, 14:35 UTC
Seapup 22,7292016IndonesiaOct 1, 2026, 12:50 UTC
SP4BSI2,4322016IndonesiaJun 14, 2026, 12:26 UTC
Tasha14,6832014PanamaOct 1, 2026, 18:27 UTC
Springbok4,0882014BrazilOct 1, 2026, 19:42 UTC
BRAZOS1,5612014United StatesSep 4, 2026, 07:27 UTC
ENA FORTITUDE5,4182013SingaporeSep 25, 2026, 10:48 UTC

Flags

The flags wing-in-ground craft in Voydar's records sail under most often.

Recently seen on AIS