Akademik Sergey Vavilov
Passenger ship · built 1988
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Akademik Sergey Vavilov (Passenger ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.
- Vessel type
- Passenger ship
- Flag
- —
- Year built
- 1988
- Gross tonnage
- 6,344
- Size (length × beam)
- 117 m
- Registered owner
- —
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- Name
- Akademik Sergey Vavilov
- IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
- 8507729
- MMSIWhat is an MMSI?
- —
- Call signWhat is a call sign?
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- Passenger ship
- Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight
- 6,344
- Length overall
- 117 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1988
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- Builder
- Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
About Akademik Sergey Vavilov
Akademik Sergey Vavilov (Russian: Академик Сергей Вавилов) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) research vessel, named after physicist Sergey Vavilov. She was completed on 12 February 1988, at the Hollming Yard in Rauma, Finland for the Soviet Union. Akademik Sergey Vavilov started operations as a research vessel of Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the USSR Academy of Science (Russian Academy of Science since 1991) in the USSR on 20 March 1989, and prior to 7 November 1999, completed five research cruises into Norwegian Sea, North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean. Since at least 1996, she has served as cruise ship specializing in polar cruises. She is managed by International Shipping Partners and her current port of registry is Kaliningrad, Russia. She has a sister ship, Akademik Ioffe, completed at Hollming in 1989. Both ships were chartered by One Ocean Expeditions until 2019.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Akademik Sergey Vavilov now?
- Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Akademik Sergey Vavilov in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
- What kind of ship is Akademik Sergey Vavilov?
- Akademik Sergey Vavilov is a passenger ship, built in 1988 by Hollming. The vessel is 117 m long and has a gross tonnage of 6,344.
- What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Akademik Sergey Vavilov?
- Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Akademik Sergey Vavilov 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 Akademik Sergey Vavilov. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.
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