President Polk
Container ship · built 1988
In short
President Polk (Container ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.
- Vessel type
- Container ship
- Flag
- —
- Year built
- 1988
- Gross tonnage
- 61,926
- Size (length × beam)
- 275 m
- Registered owner
- —
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Last reported position
No AIS position on record for this vessel. Identity and particulars are below.
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- Name
- President Polk
- IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
- 8616922
- MMSIWhat is an MMSI?
- —
- Call signWhat is a call sign?
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight
- 61,926
- Length overall
- 275.1 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1988
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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Reported arrival at ELIZABETH RIVER, VAAuthority-reported | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances | |
| Reported departure from ELIZABETH RIVER, VAAuthority-reported | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances | |
| Reported arrival at SavannahAuthority-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZABETH RIVER, VA | Arrival | May 26, 2013(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| ELIZABETH RIVER, VA | Departure | May 26, 2013(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| Savannah USSAV | Arrival | May 24, 2013(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| Savannah USSAV | Departure | May 24, 2013(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| Charleston USCHS | Arrival | May 23, 2013(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| Charleston USCHS | Departure | May 23, 2013(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| New York USNYC | Arrival | May 20, 2013(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| New York USNYC | Departure | May 20, 2013(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| ELIZABETH RIVER, VA | Arrival | Mar 3, 2013(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| ELIZABETH RIVER, VA | Departure | Mar 3, 2013(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| Savannah USSAV | Arrival | Mar 1, 2013(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| Savannah USSAV | Departure | Mar 1, 2013(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: January 26, 2002.
Source: US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (US CBP entrance/clearance records). Licence: US Government work — public domain.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is President Polk now?
- Voydar has no displayable AIS position for President Polk in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
- What kind of ship is President Polk?
- President Polk is a container ship, built in 1988 by Bremer Vulkan. The vessel is 275.1 m long and has a gross tonnage of 61,926.
- What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for President Polk?
- Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for President Polk 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 President Polk. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.
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