What kind of ship is Nave Cetus?

Nave Cetus is an oil tanker sailing under the flag of Liberia, built in 2012 by Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The vessel is 228 m long with a beam of 32 m and has a gross tonnage of 42,341.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Nave Cetus?

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

Nave Cetus

Oil tanker · Liberia · built 2012 · AIS Class A

IMO9589944MMSI636015834Call signD5DB7Last AIS position Sep 26, 2026, 19:06 UTC

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In short

Nave Cetus (Oil tanker, Liberia flag) was last seen on AIS on Sep 26, 2026, 19:06 UTC, under way at 12 kn, near Galveston (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 USHOU>VEJOT, with an ETA of Oct 3, 2026, 09:00 UTC; its reported draught is 11.9 m (voyage report via AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS, received Sep 26, 2026, 18:24 UTC).

Current voyage: from Houston (departed Sep 26, 2026, 15:29 UTC) to USHOU>VEJOT

Vessel type: Oil tanker
Flag: Liberia
Year built: 2012
Gross tonnage: 42,341
Size (length × beam): 228 m × 32 m
Registered owner: —

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Last reported position

received Sep 26, 2026, 19:06 UTC

Position: 29.3528° N, 94.7875° W
Area: Gulf of Mexico
StatusWhat do AIS statuses mean?: Under way using engine
Speed: 12 kn
Course: 139°
Heading: 138°

29.3528° N, 94.7875° W

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Last 30 days: 1 port call (Houston).

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: Nave Cetus
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 9589944
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: 636015834
Call signWhat is a call sign?: D5DB7
Flag: Liberia
Vessel type: Detailed type from WikidataOil tanker
AIS ship type: Tanker
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: 42,341
Deadweight (DWT): Source: Wikidata, record Q117027122. Added to Voydar on September 23, 2026. Licence: CC0 1.0.74,581 t
Length overall: 228 m
Beam: 32 m
Year built: 2012

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.

Builder: Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
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
Sep 26, 2026, 15:29 UTC	Left HoustonAIS-detected	Voydar port-call detector (AIS geofence)
Sep 23, 2026, 07:58 UTC	Arrived at HoustonAIS-detected	Voydar port-call detector (AIS geofence)
Apr 18, 2022, 01:34 UTC	Reported departure from Hong KongAuthority-reported	Hong Kong vessel arrivals & departures (incl. VTMS daily reports)
Apr 16, 2022, 03:11 UTC	Reported arrival at Hong KongAuthority-reported	Hong Kong vessel arrivals & departures (incl. VTMS daily reports)
Feb 13, 2022, 10:38 UTC	Reported departure from Hong KongAuthority-reported	Hong Kong vessel arrivals & departures (incl. VTMS daily reports)
Feb 10, 2022, 10:18 UTC	Reported arrival at Hong KongAuthority-reported	Hong Kong vessel arrivals & departures (incl. VTMS daily reports)
Jun 20, 2016	Reported departure from Long BeachAuthority-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
2018	10,017 t	3,190 t	76 days	526 kg
2019	10,918 t	3,470 t	133 days	452 kg
2020	3,032 t	961 t	29 days	353 kg
2023	6,273 t	2,009 t	73 days	315 kg

Technical efficiency: EEXI (4.08 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.

Detected from AIS AIS-detected

Port	Arrived	Departed	Time in port
Houston USHOU	Sep 23, 2026, 07:58 UTC	Sep 26, 2026, 15:29 UTC	3 d 7 h

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
Hong Kong HKHKG	Arrival	Apr 16, 2022, 03:11 UTC	CTX	Hong Kong vessel arrivals & departures (incl. VTMS daily reports)
Hong Kong HKHKG	Arrival	Feb 10, 2022, 10:18 UTC	SINO	Hong Kong vessel arrivals & departures (incl. VTMS daily reports)
Long Beach USLGB	Departure	Jun 20, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Long Beach USLGB	Arrival	Jun 18, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
CARQUINEZ STRAIT, CA	Departure	May 26, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
CARQUINEZ STRAIT, CA	Arrival	May 22, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
New York USNYC	Departure	Mar 23, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
New York USNYC	Arrival	Mar 22, 2016(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL, TX (HOUSTON, TX)	Departure	Dec 6, 2015(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL, TX (HOUSTON, TX)	Arrival	Dec 1, 2015(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL, TX (HOUSTON, TX)	Departure	Nov 16, 2015(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL, TX (HOUSTON, TX)	Arrival	Nov 13, 2015(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: March 6, 2014.

Source: Marine Department, HKSAR Government — DATA.GOV.HK. Licence: DATA.GOV.HK Terms and Conditions.

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

Behaviour at sea Voydar-derived

Patterns Voydar derived from this ship's AIS broadcasts. They are inferences, not reports: each one shows how it was computed and how confident we are, and none of them says why a ship behaved this way.

When	What we observed	Confidence
Sep 26, 2026, 15:30 UTC	Draught change Reported draught went from 7.8 m to 11.9 m after leaving Houston. Voydar infers the ship probably loaded cargo. Method seadar.behaviour.draught_change v1	Medium (65%)

When

What we observed

Confidence

Sep 26, 2026, 15:30 UTC

Draught change

Reported draught went from 7.8 m to 11.9 m after leaving Houston. Voydar infers the ship probably loaded cargo.

Method seadar.behaviour.draught_change v1

Medium (65%)

Source: AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS. AIS data: AISstream.io. Licence: none published.

Derived from AIS positions of feeds whose terms allow display on Voydar. Coverage is terrestrial: gaps are reported only where our receivers kept hearing other ships. Detections below medium confidence are not shown.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Nave Cetus now?: Nave Cetus (Oil tanker, Liberia flag) was last seen on AIS on Sep 26, 2026, 19:06 UTC, under way at 12 kn, near Galveston (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 USHOU>VEJOT (voyage report via AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS, received Sep 26, 2026, 18:24 UTC). This report does not confirm the ship’s current route.
What kind of ship is Nave Cetus?: Nave Cetus is an oil tanker sailing under the flag of Liberia, built in 2012 by Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The vessel is 228 m long with a beam of 32 m and has a gross tonnage of 42,341.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Nave Cetus?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Nave Cetus 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 Nave Cetus. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

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