What kind of ship is Carnival Valor?

Carnival Valor is a cruise ship sailing under the flag of Panama, built in 2004 by Fincantieri. The vessel is 290 m long with a beam of 44 m and has a gross tonnage of 110,000.

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

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

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

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Carnival Valor 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 Valor has 50 recorded Port State Control inspections. Detention and deficiency detail is not recorded for these inspections.

Carnival Valor

Cruise ship · Panama · built 2004 · AIS Class A

IMO9236389MMSI354298000Call signH3VRLast AIS position Oct 5, 2026, 21:39 UTC

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In short

Carnival Valor (Cruise ship, Panama flag) was last seen on AIS on Oct 5, 2026, 21:39 UTC, under way at 19.5 kn, near Puerto Morelos (Gulf of Mexico). Voydar has no more recent AIS position for this ship. Its current location cannot be established from this report. Its crew-entered AIS destination is MXPGO (Progreso), with an ETA of Oct 6, 2026, 11:18 UTC; its reported draught is 8.3 m (voyage report via AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS, received Oct 5, 2026, 17:26 UTC). Registered owner: Carnival Corporation (source: Wikidata). It can carry up to 2,980 passengers (source: Wikidata).

Vessel type: Cruise ship
Flag: Panama
Year built: 2004
Gross tonnage: 110,000
Size (length × beam): 290 m × 44 m
Registered owner: Carnival Corporation

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Last reported position

received Oct 5, 2026, 21:39 UTC

Position: 20.663° N, 86.8973° W
Area: Gulf of Mexico
StatusWhat do AIS statuses mean?: Under way using engine
Speed: 19.5 kn
Course: 39°
Heading: 43°

20.663° N, 86.8973° W

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Voydar detected no port call in the last 30 days.

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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Identity & particulars

Name: Carnival Valor
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 9236389
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: 354298000
Call signWhat is a call sign?: H3VR
Flag: Panama
Vessel type: Detailed type from WikidataCruise ship
AIS ship type: Passenger
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: 110,000
Length overall: 290 m
Beam: 44 m
Year built: 2004
Passengers (maximum): Source: Wikidata, record Q649360. Added to Voydar on September 23, 2026. Licence: CC0 1.0.2,980

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
ISM manager: Carnival Corp
Source: EU MRV (THETIS-MRV) emissions · reporting year 2025 · reported · confidence 0.9 · retrieved Oct 5, 2026
Builder: Fincantieri
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 18, 2025	Inspection at New Orleans, Louisiana	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections
Oct 9, 2025	Port State Control inspection at New Orleans, Louisiana	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections
Apr 14, 2025	Port State Control inspection at New Orleans, Louisiana	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections
Oct 19, 2024	Port State Control inspection at New Orleans, Louisiana	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections
Apr 20, 2024	Port State Control inspection at New Orleans, Louisiana	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections
Oct 21, 2023	Port State Control inspection at New Orleans, Louisiana	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections
Sep 20, 2023	Inspection at New Orleans, Louisiana	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections
Apr 22, 2023	Port State Control inspection at New Orleans, Louisiana	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections
Nov 21, 2022	Inspection at New Orleans, Louisiana	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections
Oct 22, 2022	Port State Control inspection at New Orleans, Louisiana	USCG PSIX / CGMIX inspections
Dec 28, 2016	Reported departure from GalvestonAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Dec 28, 2016	Reported arrival at GalvestonAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Dec 23, 2016	Reported departure from GalvestonAuthority-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

Inspections

not recorded

Detentions

Deficiencies

Date	Type	Port	Findings
Dec 18, 2025	Vessel Inspection	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
Oct 9, 2025	Vessel InspectionPSC	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
Apr 14, 2025	Vessel InspectionPSC	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
Oct 19, 2024	Vessel InspectionPSC	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
Apr 20, 2024	Vessel InspectionPSC	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
Oct 21, 2023	Vessel InspectionPSC	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
Sep 20, 2023	Vessel Inspection	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
Apr 22, 2023	Vessel InspectionPSC	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
Nov 21, 2022	Vessel Inspection	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
Oct 22, 2022	Vessel InspectionPSC	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
May 10, 2022	Vessel Inspection	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
Apr 18, 2022	Vessel InspectionPSC	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
Oct 26, 2021	Vessel InspectionPSC	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
Apr 28, 2020	Vessel Inspection	MIAMI, Florida	clean
Mar 8, 2020	Incident Investigation	WASHINGTON, District of Columbia	clean
Mar 1, 2020	Incident Investigation	WASHINGTON, District of Columbia	clean
Dec 2, 2019	Vessel InspectionPSC	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
Dec 2, 2019	Vessel InspectionPSC	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
Nov 23, 2019	Vessel Inspection	New Orleans, Louisiana	clean
Nov 4, 2019	Vessel InspectionPSC	New Orleans, Louisiana	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.

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
2025	13,343 t	4,218 t	29 days	1,192 kg

Technical efficiency: EEXI (9.96 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
Galveston USGLS	Departure	Dec 28, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Galveston USGLS	Arrival	Dec 28, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Galveston USGLS	Departure	Dec 23, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Galveston USGLS	Arrival	Dec 23, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Galveston USGLS	Arrival	Dec 17, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Galveston USGLS	Departure	Dec 17, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
CANAVERAL HARBOR, FL	Departure	Dec 14, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
CANAVERAL HARBOR, FL	Arrival	Dec 14, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
CANAVERAL HARBOR, FL	Departure	Dec 11, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
CANAVERAL HARBOR, FL	Arrival	Dec 11, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
CANAVERAL HARBOR, FL	Departure	Dec 8, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
CANAVERAL HARBOR, FL	Arrival	Dec 8, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: December 13, 2004.

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

About Carnival Valor

Carnival Valor is a post-Panamax Conquest-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. The vessel was built by Fincantieri at its Monfalcone shipyard in Friuli-Venezia Giulia (northern Italy). She was floated out on March 27, 2004, and christened by American journalist Katie Couric in Miami on December 17, 2004.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Carnival Valor now?: Carnival Valor (Cruise ship, Panama flag) was last seen on AIS on Oct 5, 2026, 21:39 UTC, under way at 19.5 kn, near Puerto Morelos (Gulf of Mexico). Voydar has no more recent AIS position for this ship. Its current location cannot be established from this report. The crew-entered destination was MXPGO (voyage report via AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS, received Oct 5, 2026, 17:26 UTC). This report does not confirm the ship’s current route.
What kind of ship is Carnival Valor?: Carnival Valor is a cruise ship sailing under the flag of Panama, built in 2004 by Fincantieri. The vessel is 290 m long with a beam of 44 m and has a gross tonnage of 110,000.
Who is recorded as the owner or manager of Carnival Valor?: Carnival Corporation is recorded as Registered owner for Carnival Valor (source: Wikidata). This source record does not independently confirm today’s ownership or management.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Carnival Valor?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Carnival Valor 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 Valor has 50 recorded Port State Control inspections. Detention and deficiency detail is not recorded for these inspections.

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