Sunward
cruise ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Sunward
- IMO number
- 6610663
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- cruise ship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 139.4 m
- Beam
- 20.8 m
- Year built
- 1966
- Builder
- Bergen Mekaniske Verksted
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Sunward
MS Sunward was a cruise ship built in 1966 for Knut Kloster. Originally designed and built for ferrying passengers and vehicles around the Bay of Biscay and Gibraltar, the promise and success of the Sunward would be short-lived. English currency restriction and the border closing between Spain and Gibraltar defeated the newly built ship's initial purpose. Ted Arison, an Israeli businessman, contacted Kloster about the possibility of converting the Sunward into a cruise ship in Miami. The Sunward operated as a cruise ship under the newly established Norwegian Caribbean Line. The ship proved to be such a success that Norwegian Caribbean Line commissioned newer, larger ships for its fleet, ultimately replacing the Sunward. She was sold to Compagnie Générale Transméditerranéenne in 1973, and later on with several companies.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sunward now?
- Sunward 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 Sunward?
- Sunward is a cruise ship, built in 1966 by Bergen Mekaniske Verksted. The vessel is 139.4 m long with a beam of 20.8 m.
- Has Sunward been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Sunward appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).