Where is Sirius Star now?

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

What kind of ship is Sirius Star?

Sirius Star is an oil tanker, built in 2008 by Hanwha Ocean. The vessel is 332 m long with a beam of 58 m and has a gross tonnage of 162,252.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Sirius Star?

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

Sirius Star

Oil tanker · built 2008

IMO9384198No AIS position on record

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In short

Sirius Star (Oil tanker) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.

Vessel type: Oil tanker
Flag: —
Year built: 2008
Gross tonnage: 162,252
Size (length × beam): 332 m × 58 m
Registered owner: —

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Last reported position

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Identity & particulars

Name: Sirius Star
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 9384198
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: —
Call signWhat is a call sign?: —
Flag: —
Vessel type: Oil tanker
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: 162,252
Length overall: 332 m
Beam: 58 m
Year built: 2008

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Ownership & management

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Builder: Hanwha Ocean
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026

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
2021	13,355 t	4,278 t	68 days	680 kg

Technical efficiency: EIV (3.56 gCO₂/t·nm). Source: European Commission / EMSA THETIS-MRV (EU Regulation 2015/757). Covers voyages to, from and within the EU/EEA.

About Sirius Star

MV Manifa (formerly MV Sirius Star) is an oil tanker formally owned and operated by Vela International Marine. With a length overall of 330 m (1,080 ft) and a capacity of 2.2 million barrels (350,000 m3) of crude oil, she is classified as a very large crude carrier or VLCC. Vela is based in the United Arab Emirates and is a subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian state oil company Saudi Aramco. Sirius Star is one of Vela's 24 tankers, of which 19 are VLCCs. Since her launch, the ship has been registered in Monrovia under the Liberian flag of convenience. She has since been reflagged to Saudi Arabia. Sirius Star was built by the South Korean company Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. Her construction began in October 2007 and she was launched by Huda Al-Ghoson in late March 2008.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Sirius Star now?: Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Sirius Star in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is Sirius Star?: Sirius Star is an oil tanker, built in 2008 by Hanwha Ocean. The vessel is 332 m long with a beam of 58 m and has a gross tonnage of 162,252.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Sirius Star?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Sirius Star 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 Sirius Star. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

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