BOLD EXPLORER
Other · Bahamas · built 1989 · AIS Class A
In short
BOLD EXPLORER (Other, Bahamas flag) was last seen on AIS on , under way at 5.9 kn, in the East China Sea. Voydar has no more recent AIS position for this ship. Its current location cannot be established from this report.
- Vessel type
- Other
- Flag
- Bahamas
- Year built
- 1989
- Gross tonnage
- 1,914
- Size (length × beam)
- 67 m
- Registered owner
- —
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Last reported position
received- Position
- 25.0557° N, 122.2855° E
- Area
- East China Sea
- StatusWhat do AIS statuses mean?
- Under way using engine
- Speed
- 5.9 kn
- Course
- 120°
- Heading
- 120°
Voydar detected no port call in the last 30 days.
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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- Name
- BOLD EXPLORER
- IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
- 8835085
- MMSIWhat is an MMSI?
- 311001260
- Call signWhat is a call sign?
- C6GJ2
- Flag
- Bahamas
- Vessel type
- Other
- Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight
- 1,914
- Length overall
- 67 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1989
BahamasA 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
Each line shows where the fact comes from. Links backed by an identifier point to the company page.
- Operator
- Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Reported departure from Key WestAuthority-reported | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
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.
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.
Reported by authorities Authority-reported
| Port | Record | Date (UTC) | Berth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key West USEYW | Departure | Jul 24, 2013(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: July 24, 2013.
Source: US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (US CBP entrance/clearance records). Licence: US Government work — public domain.
About BOLD EXPLORER
The Ocean Survey Vessel (OSV) Bold was operated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Originally commissioned as the USNS Vigorous, it was renamed USNS Bold (T-AGOS-12) and was a Stalwart-class Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance ship of the Military Sealift Command of the United States Navy, as designated by the "T" preface to her AGOS classification. Stalwart-class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold War anti-submarine warfare operations in the 1980s. The ship was transferred to the EPA on March 31, 2004. The ship is equipped with sidescan sonar, underwater video, water and sediment sampling instruments in study of ocean and coastline. One of the major missions of the Bold is to monitor sites where materials are dumped from dredging operations in U.S. ports for ecological impact.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is BOLD EXPLORER now?
- BOLD EXPLORER (Other, Bahamas flag) was last seen on AIS on Sep 11, 2026, 12:52 UTC, under way at 5.9 kn, in the East China Sea. Voydar has no more recent AIS position for this ship. Its current location cannot be established from this report.
- What kind of ship is BOLD EXPLORER?
- BOLD EXPLORER is a other sailing under the flag of Bahamas, built in 1989. The vessel is 67 m long and has a gross tonnage of 1,914.
- What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for BOLD EXPLORER?
- Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for BOLD EXPLORER 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 BOLD EXPLORER. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.
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