RABELAIS — Fishing · IMO 8902101

RABELAIS is currently under way in the Bay of Biscay. It is sailing from LORIENT to CORUNA with an ETA of 29 Mar 2027, 00:00 UTC. Its exact coordinates, speed and ETA are shown at the top of this page and refresh from the latest AIS broadcast.

RABELAIS broadcasts MMSI 227909000 and is registered as IMO 8902101, with call sign FHQI. The MMSI is the radio identifier used by AIS; the IMO number stays with the ship for life and does not change with re-flagging or sale.

RABELAIS is classified as a fishing vessel registered under the FR flag. The vessel-type classification is derived from the AIS Type field broadcast by the ship's transponder; full fishing fleet at /vessel-type/fishing and full FR flag list at /flag/fr.

MarineRadar shows the latest AIS broadcast from RABELAIS above, with current position, course, speed, and navigation status. Tap "View on map" to centre the live tracker on the vessel and watch its movement update in real time. The same data is available offline-friendly in the iOS and Android apps.

AIS transponders broadcast position every 2 seconds when underway at high speed and up to every 3 minutes at anchor. The position you see refreshes whenever the ship is in range of a coastal AIS receiver or a satellite pass — typically seconds in coastal waters and minutes offshore.

As a fishing, RABELAIS sits in the same design class as the other fishings listed in the Similar Vessels section of the vessel page, or in the full fishing directory at /vessel-type/fishing. RABELAIS has a gross tonnage of 226 GT.