Where is Carnival Sensation now?

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

What kind of ship is Carnival Sensation?

Carnival Sensation is a cruise ship, built in 1993 by Kvaerner Masa-Yards. The vessel is 261 m long with a beam of 31.3 m and has a gross tonnage of 70,367.

Who is recorded as the owner or manager of Carnival Sensation?

Carnival Corporation is recorded as Registered owner for Carnival Sensation (source: Wikidata). This source record does not independently confirm today’s ownership or management.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Carnival Sensation?

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

Carnival Sensation

Cruise ship · built 1993

IMO8711356No AIS position on record

Open in Terminal

In short

Carnival Sensation (Cruise ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar. Registered owner: Carnival Corporation (source: Wikidata). It can carry up to 2,056 passengers (source: Wikidata).

Vessel type: Cruise ship
Flag: —
Year built: 1993
Gross tonnage: 70,367
Size (length × beam): 261 m × 31 m
Registered owner: Carnival Corporation

Watch this ship

Carnival Sensation 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 Carnival Sensation — Photo: Wknight94 · 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: Carnival Sensation
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 8711356
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: —
Call signWhat is a call sign?: —
Flag: —
Vessel type: Cruise ship
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: 70,367
Length overall: 261 m
Beam: 31.3 m
Year built: 1993
Passengers (maximum): Source: Wikidata, record Q743062. Added to Voydar on September 23, 2026. Licence: CC0 1.0.2,056

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: Carnival Corporation
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
Operator: Carnival Cruise Line
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
Builder: Kvaerner Masa-Yards
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 30, 2016	Reported arrival at Key WestAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Dec 30, 2016	Reported departure from Key WestAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Dec 29, 2016	Reported departure from MiamiAuthority-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
Key West USEYW	Arrival	Dec 30, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Key West USEYW	Departure	Dec 30, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Miami USMIA	Departure	Dec 29, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Miami USMIA	Arrival	Dec 29, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Miami USMIA	Departure	Dec 24, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Miami USMIA	Arrival	Dec 24, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Miami USMIA	Departure	Dec 19, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Miami USMIA	Arrival	Dec 19, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Key West USEYW	Arrival	Dec 16, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Key West USEYW	Departure	Dec 16, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Miami USMIA	Departure	Dec 15, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Miami USMIA	Arrival	Dec 15, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: January 4, 2002.

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

About Carnival Sensation

Carnival Sensation, initially named Sensation, was a 70,367 GT cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. She was built in 1993 in Finland and cruised from Florida, USA to ports in the Bahamas and the Caribbean until the COVID-19 pandemic stopped operations in March 2020. The ship was subsequently sold for scrapping.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Carnival Sensation now?: Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Carnival Sensation in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is Carnival Sensation?: Carnival Sensation is a cruise ship, built in 1993 by Kvaerner Masa-Yards. The vessel is 261 m long with a beam of 31.3 m and has a gross tonnage of 70,367.
Who is recorded as the owner or manager of Carnival Sensation?: Carnival Corporation is recorded as Registered owner for Carnival Sensation (source: Wikidata). This source record does not independently confirm today’s ownership or management.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Carnival Sensation?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Carnival Sensation 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 Carnival Sensation. 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/8711356

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