PRESTIGE

Identity & particulars

Name

PRESTIGE

IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?

9321029

MMSIWhat is an MMSI?

538009830

Call signWhat is a call sign?

V7A5227

Flag

Marshall Islands

Vessel type

Container ship

AIS ship type

Cargo (hazardous cat. A)

Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight

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Length overall

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Beam

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Year built

2006

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.

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.

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.

About PRESTIGE

On 7 December 2007, the container ship MSC Prestige (IMO 9321029) collided with a large tanker MV Samco Europe, off the Red Sea traffic separation scheme of Bab-el-Mandeb. Both vessels suffered severe damage at their bows and had to undergo major repairs. The collision caused more than $50 million in damage. An official report was compiled. The MSC Prestige was subsequently renamed back to MOL Prestige.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is PRESTIGE now?

PRESTIGE (Container ship, Marshall Islands flag) was last seen on AIS on Oct 1, 2026, 07:15 UTC, under way at 15.7 kn, in the South China Sea. Voydar has no more recent AIS position for this ship. Its current location cannot be established from this report. The crew-entered destination was SGSIN (voyage report via AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS, received Oct 1, 2026, 04:51 UTC). This report does not confirm the ship’s current route.

What kind of ship is PRESTIGE?

PRESTIGE is a container ship sailing under the flag of Marshall Islands, built in 2006 by Imabari Shipbuilding Hiroshima Shipyard.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for PRESTIGE?

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