---
id: "imonumber"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["transport"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/imonumber"
---

# IMO ship Number (`imonumber`)

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) number is a unique identifier for ships, registered ship owners and management companies.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Transportation (transport)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
([1-9]\d{6})
```

## Examples

- `6725418` — Queen Elizabeth 2
- `9224752` — TI Asia

## Mappings

- autotype: `IMO_correct`
- stdnum: `imo`
- wikidata: `P458`

## Metacrafter rules

2 rules: 1 match the field name, 1 match values.

- `imonumberfield` (field, `common/transport.yaml`)
- `imonumbervalue` (data, `common/transport.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `autotype`
- `dataprep`
- `metacrafter`
- `pythonstdnum`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMO_number>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P458>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: anchored regexp, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/imonumber.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/transport/maritime/imonumber.yaml>