Where is IMO 8500551 now?

Voydar has no displayable AIS position for IMO 8500551 in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is IMO 8500551?

IMO 8500551 is a bulk carrier, built in 1986 by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries. The vessel is 225 m long and has a gross tonnage of 35,944.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for IMO 8500551?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for IMO 8500551 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 IMO 8500551. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

IMO 8500551

Bulk carrier · built 1986

IMO8500551No AIS position on record

Open in Terminal

In short

IMO 8500551 (Bulk carrier) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.

Vessel type: Bulk carrier
Flag: —
Year built: 1986
Gross tonnage: 35,944
Size (length × beam): 225 m
Registered owner: —

Watch this ship

IMO 8500551 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.

Free forever. No card. A free account follows up to 5 ships and ports.

Photo of IMO 8500551 — Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · 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)Free forever. No card. New accounts include 14 days of Pro.

Try the live demo, no sign-up

Identity & particulars

Name: IMO 8500551
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 8500551
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: —
Call signWhat is a call sign?: —
Flag: —
Vessel type: Bulk carrier
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: 35,944
Length overall: 225 m
Beam: —
Year built: 1986

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.

Builder: HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
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
Dec 18, 2012	Reported departure from PORT OF PLAQUEMINES, LAAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Dec 16, 2012	Reported arrival at PORT OF PLAQUEMINES, LAAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Dec 12, 2012	Reported departure from ORANGE, TX (SABINE RIVER) (PART OF WATERWAY)Authority-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
PORT OF PLAQUEMINES, LA	Departure	Dec 18, 2012(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
PORT OF PLAQUEMINES, LA	Arrival	Dec 16, 2012(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
ORANGE, TX (SABINE RIVER) (PART OF WATERWAY)	Departure	Dec 12, 2012(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL, TX (PORT LAVACA/POINT COMFORT, TX)	Departure	Nov 11, 2012(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL, TX (PORT LAVACA/POINT COMFORT, TX)	Arrival	Nov 10, 2012(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Corpus Christi USCRP	Departure	Aug 22, 2012(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA (LA)	Arrival	Aug 5, 2012(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Portland USPDX	Departure	May 11, 2012(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Portland USPDX	Arrival	May 6, 2012(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Longview USLOG	Departure	Mar 23, 2012(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Longview USLOG	Arrival	Feb 28, 2012(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA (LA)	Departure	Dec 23, 2011(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: January 5, 2002.

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

About IMO 8500551

MV Liberty Sun is a ship unsuccessfully attacked by Somali pirates on 14 April 2009. After unloading food aid at Port Sudan, she was proceeding to Mombasa with humanitarian aid, when she was attacked by pirates armed with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades. After successfully avoiding being boarded, she was assisted by USS Bainbridge. The French frigate Nivôse captured 11 of the pirates who had attacked Liberty Sun. Bainbridge had on board Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama hijacking, shortly after he had been freed in an operation which left three pirates dead and one captured. One of the pirates, Abdi Garad, told AFP news agency that they had intended to destroy the ship and its crew. "The aim of this attack was totally different. We were not after a ransom.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is IMO 8500551 now?: Voydar has no displayable AIS position for IMO 8500551 in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is IMO 8500551?: IMO 8500551 is a bulk carrier, built in 1986 by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries. The vessel is 225 m long and has a gross tonnage of 35,944.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for IMO 8500551?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for IMO 8500551 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 IMO 8500551. 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/8500551

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