Birger Jarl
passenger vessel · Sweden
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Birger Jarl
- IMO number
- 5044893
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Vessel type
- passenger vessel
- Gross tonnage
- 3,564
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 92.4 m
- Beam
- 14.3 m
- Year built
- 1953
- Builder
- Finnboda Shipyard
- Registered owner
- Jakob Lines
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Birger Jarl
MS Baltic Star is a cruise ship owned by Rederi Hotell Fartyget BJ AB that was operated on services between Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Turku and most recently Mariehamn on Åland (Finland). She was built in 1953 as a passenger liner at Finnboda shipyard in Nacka, Sweden as SS Birger Jarl for Rederi AB Svea. In 1973 she was sold to Jakob Lines, was renamed SS Bore Nord and converted into a ferry. In 1978 she was bought back by the Ånedin Line (named after the 1970s British TV series The Onedin Line, also popular in Sweden) and was renamed SS Baltic Star. In 1982 the ship's original steam engines were replaced by diesel engines; the ship's prefix hence altered to MS. In 1989 the engines were again replaced by new diesels. In 2002 the ship reverted to the name Birger Jarl, and in 2020 back to the Baltic Star name.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Birger Jarl now?
- Birger Jarl has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Birger Jarl?
- Birger Jarl is a passenger vessel sailing under the flag of Sweden, built in 1953 by Finnboda Shipyard. The vessel is 92.4 m long with a beam of 14.3 m and has a gross tonnage of 3,564.
- Who owns Birger Jarl?
- Birger Jarl is registered to Jakob Lines. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has Birger Jarl been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Birger Jarl appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).