Brazil Maru
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Brazil Maru
- IMO number
- 5050866
- MMSI
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- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
- 10,216
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 156 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1954
- Builder
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Brazil Maru
MV Brazil Maru is a retired Japanese cargo liner that sailed for the Japanese shipping company, Osaka Shosen KK, on the Japan to South America immigrant service from 1954 to 1963. Built by the Shin Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard in Kobe, Japan, she departed on her maiden voyage on the 30 July 1954. She was transferred to Nihon Ijusen KK in 1963 and later Mitsui O.S.K. Lines in 1970. After a decline in the immigrant trade and a period as an unsuccessful cruise ship. The Brazil Maru was retired in 1974 and moored as a maritime tourist attraction named Toba Brazil Maru in Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan, but was closed and sold to ship breakers at Shanghai in 1996. Sold again in 1997 and beached as a tourist attraction Hai Shang Cheng Shi in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China in 1998, the vessel remains there today but has since closed.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Brazil Maru now?
- Brazil Maru 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 Brazil Maru?
- Brazil Maru is a ship, built in 1954 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works. The vessel is 156 m long and has a gross tonnage of 10,216.
- Has Brazil Maru been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Brazil Maru appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).