Where is MV Sea Empress now?

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

What kind of ship is MV Sea Empress?

MV Sea Empress is a bulk carrier, built in 1992. The vessel is 274.3 m long with a beam of 43.2 m and has a gross tonnage of 80,165.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for MV Sea Empress?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for MV Sea Empress 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 MV Sea Empress. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

MV Sea Empress

Bulk carrier · built 1992

IMO8906999No AIS position on record

Open in Terminal

In short

MV Sea Empress (Bulk carrier) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.

Vessel type: Bulk carrier
Flag: —
Year built: 1992
Gross tonnage: 80,165
Size (length × beam): 274 m × 43 m
Registered owner: —

Watch this ship

MV Sea Empress 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.

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: MV Sea Empress
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 8906999
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: —
Call signWhat is a call sign?: —
Flag: —
Vessel type: Bulk carrier
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: 80,165
Length overall: 274.3 m
Beam: 43.2 m
Year built: 1992

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.

No owner, operator or manager is recorded for this vessel yet.

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
Sep 30, 2004	Reported departure from PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA (LA)Authority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Sep 30, 2004	Reported arrival at PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA (LA)Authority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Sep 18, 2003	Reported departure from Texas CityAuthority-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 SOUTH LOUISIANA (LA)	Departure	Sep 30, 2004(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA (LA)	Arrival	Sep 30, 2004(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Texas City USTXT	Departure	Sep 18, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Texas City USTXT	Arrival	Sep 17, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Corpus Christi USCRP	Departure	Jul 3, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Corpus Christi USCRP	Arrival	Jul 3, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: July 3, 2003.

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

About MV Sea Empress

MV Sea Empress was a single-hull Suezmax oil tanker that ran aground at the entrance to the Milford Haven harbour on the southwest coast of Wales in February 1996. The ensuing oil spill, Britain's third largest oil spillage and the 12th largest in the world at the time, devastated a considerable area of local coastline and killed many birds, and continued to affect the Pembrokeshire coast for years afterwards.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is MV Sea Empress now?: Voydar has no displayable AIS position for MV Sea Empress in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is MV Sea Empress?: MV Sea Empress is a bulk carrier, built in 1992. The vessel is 274.3 m long with a beam of 43.2 m and has a gross tonnage of 80,165.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for MV Sea Empress?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for MV Sea Empress 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 MV Sea Empress. 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/8906999

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