Where is SS Altair now?

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

What kind of ship is SS Altair?

SS Altair is a vehicle cargo ship, built in 1973 by Nordseewerke. The vessel is 288.4 m long with a beam of 32.2 m.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for SS Altair?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for SS Altair 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 SS Altair. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

SS Altair

vehicle cargo ship · built 1973

IMO7315571No AIS position on record

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In short

SS Altair (vehicle cargo ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.

Vessel type: vehicle cargo ship
Flag: —
Year built: 1973
Gross tonnage: —
Size (length × beam): 288 m × 32 m
Registered owner: —

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Last reported position

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Identity & particulars

Name: SS Altair
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 7315571
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: —
Call signWhat is a call sign?: —
Flag: —
Vessel type: vehicle cargo ship
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: —
Length overall: 288.4 m
Beam: 32.2 m
Year built: 1973

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

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Operator: United States Navy
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
Builder: Nordseewerke
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
May 19, 2005	Reported arrival at Corpus ChristiAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Mar 25, 2005	Reported departure from CharlestonAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Jan 12, 2005	Reported departure from CharlestonAuthority-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
Corpus Christi USCRP	Arrival	May 19, 2005(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Charleston USCHS	Departure	Mar 25, 2005(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Charleston USCHS	Departure	Jan 12, 2005(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Corpus Christi USCRP	Departure	Jan 7, 2005(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Beaumont USBPT	Arrival	Apr 11, 2004(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: April 11, 2004.

Source: US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (US CBP entrance/clearance records). Licence: US Government work — public domain.

About SS Altair

SS Altair (T-AKR 291) is an Algol class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Military Sealift Command's Ready Reserve Force (RRF). She was built as a high speed container ship by Rheinstahl Nordseewerke in Emden, West Germany, hull no. 431, for Sea-Land Service, Inc. and named SS Sea-Land Finance, USCG ON 550722, IMO 7315571. Due to her high operating cost, she was sold to the United States Navy on 5 January 1982 as USNS Altair (T-AK-291). In keeping with the pattern of the naming the Algol-class ships after bright stars, the Altair was named after Altair, the brightest star in the constellation Aquila and the twelfth brightest star in the night sky.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is SS Altair now?: Voydar has no displayable AIS position for SS Altair in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is SS Altair?: SS Altair is a vehicle cargo ship, built in 1973 by Nordseewerke. The vessel is 288.4 m long with a beam of 32.2 m.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for SS Altair?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for SS Altair 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 SS Altair. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

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