Carnival Radiance
Cruise ship · Panama · built 2000 · AIS Class A
In short
Carnival Radiance (Cruise ship, Panama flag) was last seen on AIS on , under way at 6.6 kn, near Puerto Vallarta (North Pacific Ocean). Its crew-entered AIS destination is USLGB>MXPVR, with an ETA of Oct 6, 2026, 14:12 UTC; its reported draught is 8.4 m (voyage report via AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS, received Oct 6, 2026, 14:01 UTC). Registered owner: Carnival Corporation (source: Wikidata). It can carry up to 2,764 passengers (source: Wikidata).
Current voyage: from Long Beach (departed Oct 4, 2026, 01:44 UTC) to USLGB>MXPVR
- Vessel type
- Cruise ship
- Flag
- Panama
- Year built
- 2000
- Gross tonnage
- 101,509
- Size (length × beam)
- 272 m × 44 m
- Registered owner
- Carnival Corporation
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In the news Authority-reported
Reports that name Carnival Radiance, newest first: the headline, the outlet and a link to the original. Voydar does not copy articles. A report tied to this ship by its IMO number in the text says so; a report that only prints the name is a possible match, because other ships can carry the same name.
What our data shows around Oct 5, 2026
- Before the report: left Long Beach on Oct 4, 2026.
See the position and 30-day track and the port calls below.
Carnival Radiance Back in Long Beach After Drydock - Cruise Industry News
cruiseindustrynews.comOct 5, 2026Possible match · name only · 70% confidenceThe report names “Carnival Radiance”; Voydar matched it to this ship by the name alone. It may be about a different ship.
Source: GDELT DOC 2.0 news index. News index: The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/). Licence: GDELT terms (unrestricted use with citation).
Headlines belong to their publishers; Voydar shows the headline and links to the original.
Last reported position
received- Position
- 20.6339° N, 105.2757° W
- Area
- North Pacific Ocean
- StatusWhat do AIS statuses mean?
- Under way using engine
- Speed
- 6.6 kn
- Course
- 62°
- Heading
- 59°
Last 30 days: 1 port call (Long Beach).
Port calls are detected by Voydar from AIS (at least 30 minutes slow inside a harbour area); see Port calls below.
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- Name
- Carnival Radiance
- IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
- 9172648
- MMSIWhat is an MMSI?
- 355263000
- Call signWhat is a call sign?
- 3FFL8
- Flag
- Panama
- Vessel type
- Detailed type from WikidataCruise ship
- AIS ship type
- Passenger
- Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight
- 101,509
- Length overall
- 272 m
- Beam
- 44 m
- Year built
- 2000
- Passengers (maximum)
- Source: Wikidata, record Q573075. Added to Voydar on September 23, 2026. Licence: CC0 1.0.2,764
PanamaA 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
- Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
- Operator
- Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Left Long BeachAIS-detected | Voydar port-call detector (AIS geofence) | |
| Arrived at Long BeachAIS-detected | Voydar port-call detector (AIS geofence) | |
| Port State Control inspection at San Pedro, California | USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections | |
| Inspection at San Pedro, California | USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections | |
| Inspection at Honolulu, Hawaii | USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections | |
| Port State Control inspection at San Pedro, California | USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections | |
| Port State Control inspection at San Pedro, California | USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections | |
| Port State Control inspection at San Pedro, California | USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections | |
| Port State Control inspection at San Pedro, California | USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections | |
| Inspection at Honolulu, Hawaii | USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections | |
| Inspection at WASHINGTON, District of Columbia | USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections | |
| Port State Control inspection at San Pedro, California | USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections | |
| Reported departure from MiamiAuthority-reported | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances | |
| Reported arrival at MiamiAuthority-reported | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances | |
| Reported arrival at Key WestAuthority-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.
Safety & inspections
| Date | Type | Port | Findings |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2026 | Vessel InspectionPSC | San Pedro, California | clean |
| May 8, 2026 | Vessel Inspection | San Pedro, California | clean |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Facility Transfer Monitor | Honolulu, Hawaii | clean |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Vessel InspectionPSC | San Pedro, California | clean |
| May 23, 2025 | Vessel InspectionPSC | San Pedro, California | clean |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Vessel InspectionPSC | San Pedro, California | clean |
| May 31, 2024 | Vessel InspectionPSC | San Pedro, California | clean |
| Apr 10, 2024 | Vessel Inspection | Honolulu, Hawaii | clean |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Incident Investigation | WASHINGTON, District of Columbia | clean |
| Dec 1, 2023 | Vessel InspectionPSC | San Pedro, California | clean |
| Oct 31, 2023 | Incident Investigation | WASHINGTON, District of Columbia | clean |
| Jun 20, 2023 | Incident Investigation | WASHINGTON, District of Columbia | clean |
| Jun 2, 2023 | Vessel InspectionPSC | San Pedro, California | clean |
| May 13, 2023 | Incident Investigation | WASHINGTON, District of Columbia | clean |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Incident Investigation | WASHINGTON, District of Columbia | clean |
| Dec 5, 2022 | Vessel InspectionPSC | San Pedro, California | clean |
| Oct 26, 2022 | Incident Investigation | WASHINGTON, District of Columbia | clean |
| Oct 12, 2022 | Incident Investigation | WASHINGTON, District of Columbia | clean |
| Oct 11, 2022 | Incident Investigation | WASHINGTON, District of Columbia | clean |
| Sep 27, 2022 | Incident Investigation | WASHINGTON, District of Columbia | clean |
Source: U.S. Coast Guard Port State Information Exchange (PSIX) — public domain. Covers inspections recorded in U.S. waters. Free on Voydar; the incumbents charge for this.
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.
Detected from AIS AIS-detected
| Port | Arrived | Departed | Time in port |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach USLGB | Oct 3, 2026, 12:30 UTC | Oct 4, 2026, 01:44 UTC | 13 h 14 min |
Detected by Voydar when the ship's AIS positions stayed slow inside a harbour area. Calls shorter than 30 minutes are not shown. Depends on AIS reception; detection started on June 8, 2026.
Reported by authorities Authority-reported
| Port | Record | Date (UTC) | Berth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami USMIA | Departure | Dec 30, 2016(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| Miami USMIA | Arrival | Dec 30, 2016(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| Key West USEYW | Arrival | Dec 27, 2016(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| Key West USEYW | Departure | Dec 27, 2016(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| Miami USMIA | Departure | Dec 26, 2016(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| Miami USMIA | Arrival | Dec 26, 2016(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| Miami USMIA | Departure | Dec 23, 2016(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| Miami USMIA | Arrival | Dec 23, 2016(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| Key West USEYW | Arrival | Dec 20, 2016(date only) | — | USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances |
| Key West USEYW | Departure | Dec 20, 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 |
Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: January 1, 2002.
Source: US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (US CBP entrance/clearance records). Licence: US Government work — public domain.
About Carnival Radiance
Carnival Radiance (formerly Carnival Victory) is a Destiny-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Ordered by Carnival in 1997, the 101,509 GT vessel was the third Destiny-class cruise ship to join the fleet after her debut in 2000 and became one of the largest cruise ships of her era. In 2021, she was renamed Carnival Radiance after a US$200 million refit was completed in October and she commenced service under her new name in December.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Carnival Radiance now?
- Carnival Radiance (Cruise ship, Panama flag) was last seen on AIS on Oct 6, 2026, 14:04 UTC, under way at 6.6 kn, near Puerto Vallarta (North Pacific Ocean). The crew-entered destination was USLGB>MXPVR (voyage report via AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS, received Oct 6, 2026, 14:01 UTC). This report does not confirm the ship’s current route.
- What kind of ship is Carnival Radiance?
- Carnival Radiance is a cruise ship sailing under the flag of Panama, built in 2000 by Fincantieri. The vessel is 272 m long with a beam of 44 m and has a gross tonnage of 101,509.
- Who is recorded as the owner or manager of Carnival Radiance?
- Carnival Corporation is recorded as Registered owner for Carnival Radiance (source: Wikidata). This source record does not independently confirm today’s ownership or management.
- What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Carnival Radiance?
- Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Carnival Radiance 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. Carnival Radiance has 50 recorded Port State Control inspections. Detention and deficiency detail is not recorded for these inspections.
Sister ships
Ships of the same class, Destiny-class cruise ship (source: Wikidata).
- Carnival SunshineIMO 9070058Cruise ship · built 1996 · 102,853 GT
- Carnival SunriseIMO 9138850Cruise ship · built 1999 · 101,509 GT
- MVAS BEACHCOMBERIMO 9239783Cruise ship · built 2003 · 102,669 GT
- VISIOIMO 9239795Cruise ship · built 2004 · 103 GT
Neighbouring IMO numbers
IMO numbers are issued in sequence. These are the nearest numbers below and above this ship's that have a full Voydar profile.
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