Where is Best Traveller now?

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

What kind of ship is Best Traveller?

Best Traveller is a bulk carrier, built in 1995 by Oshima Shipbuilding. The vessel is 189 m long with a beam of 32 m and has a gross tonnage of 27,763.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Best Traveller?

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

Best Traveller

Bulk carrier · built 1995

IMO9116644No AIS position on record

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In short

Best Traveller (Bulk carrier) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.

Vessel type: Bulk carrier
Flag: —
Year built: 1995
Gross tonnage: 27,763
Size (length × beam): 189 m × 32 m
Registered owner: —

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Last reported position

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Identity & particulars

Name: Best Traveller
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 9116644
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: —
Call signWhat is a call sign?: —
Flag: —
Vessel type: Bulk carrier
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: 27,763
Deadweight (DWT): Source: Wikidata, record Q117011600. Added to Voydar on September 23, 2026. Licence: CC0 1.0.49,052 t
Length overall: 189 m
Beam: 32 m
Year built: 1995

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

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Builder: Oshima Shipbuilding
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
Apr 3, 2009	Reported departure from PortlandAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Mar 23, 2009	Reported arrival at PortlandAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Aug 22, 2006	Reported departure from Port ArthurAuthority-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.

Emissions & fuel consumption

Independently verified annual figures reported under the EU MRV regulation — public environmental data the incumbents don't surface.

Year	CO₂ emitted	Fuel burned	Time at sea	CO₂ / n mile
2020	483 t	155 t	8 days	284 kg

Technical efficiency: EIV (32.1 gCO₂/t·nm). Source: European Commission / EMSA THETIS-MRV (EU Regulation 2015/757). Covers voyages to, from and within the EU/EEA.

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
Portland USPDX	Departure	Apr 3, 2009(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Portland USPDX	Arrival	Mar 23, 2009(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Arthur USPOA	Departure	Aug 22, 2006(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Arthur USPOA	Arrival	Aug 21, 2006(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Baton Rouge USBTR	Departure	Aug 17, 2006(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Baton Rouge USBTR	Arrival	Aug 16, 2006(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Portland USPDX	Departure	Jun 9, 2006(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Portland USPDX	Arrival	Jun 9, 2006(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Portland USPDX	Departure	May 4, 2006(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Portland USPDX	Arrival	May 1, 2006(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Long Beach USLGB	Departure	Apr 9, 2006(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Long Beach USLGB	Arrival	Apr 9, 2006(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: February 27, 2005.

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 Best Traveller now?: Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Best Traveller in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is Best Traveller?: Best Traveller is a bulk carrier, built in 1995 by Oshima Shipbuilding. The vessel is 189 m long with a beam of 32 m and has a gross tonnage of 27,763.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Best Traveller?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Best Traveller 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 Best Traveller. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

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