Where is Willis B Boyer now?

Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Willis B Boyer in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is Willis B Boyer?

Willis B Boyer is a bulk carrier sailing under the flag of United States, built in 1911 by Great Lakes Engineering Works. The vessel is 179.8 m long.

Who is recorded as the owner or manager of Willis B Boyer?

Cleveland-Cliffs is recorded as Registered owner for Willis B Boyer (source: Wikidata). This source record does not independently confirm today’s ownership or management.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Willis B Boyer?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Willis B Boyer from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for Willis B Boyer. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

Willis B Boyer

Bulk carrier · United States · built 1911

IMO5077228No AIS position on record

Open in Terminal

In short

Willis B Boyer (Bulk carrier, United States flag) has no AIS position on record with Voydar. Registered owner: Cleveland-Cliffs (source: Wikidata).

Vessel type: Bulk carrier
Flag: United States
Year built: 1911
Gross tonnage: —
Size (length × beam): 180 m
Registered owner: Cleveland-Cliffs

Watch this ship

Willis B Boyer has not been received for a while. Follow it and we will email you as soon as it is heard again, then when it reaches or leaves port.

We email you a link and a code. That creates a free account, no password or card, and follows Willis B Boyer.

Free account, no card: follow up to 5 ships and ports. Plus follows 50, Pro 500.

By continuing you accept the Terms and the Privacy policy.

Photo of Willis B Boyer — Photo: Chris Light (talk) · Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Last reported position

No AIS position on record for this vessel. Identity and particulars are below.

A year of history in the Terminal (Plus) · the full archive since June 1, 2026 (Pro)

Try the live demo, no sign-up

Identity & particulars

Name: Willis B Boyer
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 5077228
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: —
Call signWhat is a call sign?: —
Flag: Source: Wikidata, record Q8022024$4BF4B89F-E17D-4B33-9D62-F1F41700BE34 P8047. Added to Voydar on September 29, 2026. Licence: CC0 1.0.United States
Vessel type: Bulk carrier
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: —
Length overall: 179.8 m
Beam: —
Year built: 1911

A 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.

Registered owner: Cleveland-Cliffs
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
Builder: Great Lakes Engineering Works
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026

About Willis B Boyer

Col. James M. Schoonmaker, formerly Willis B. Boyer, is a lake freighter that served as a commercial vessel on the Great Lakes for much of the 20th century. Named for Medal of Honor recipient James Martinus Schoonmaker, it is currently a museum ship in Toledo, Ohio.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Willis B Boyer now?: Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Willis B Boyer in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is Willis B Boyer?: Willis B Boyer is a bulk carrier sailing under the flag of United States, built in 1911 by Great Lakes Engineering Works. The vessel is 179.8 m long.
Who is recorded as the owner or manager of Willis B Boyer?: Cleveland-Cliffs is recorded as Registered owner for Willis B Boyer (source: Wikidata). This source record does not independently confirm today’s ownership or management.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Willis B Boyer?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Willis B Boyer from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for Willis B Boyer. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

Use this data

This page is also available as JSON, free, with the source and licence of every section. Sections whose sources do not permit redistribution are listed as withheld.

GET /api/v1/vessels/5077228

View JSON API documentationFree without a key for occasional use; use an API key for more.

Follow by RSS Open data

Using this data in code?

Every account gets a personal API allowance: 2,500 credits a month free, 25,000 with Pro. Pro adds internal business use; API plans add building the data into your own products.

See plans