MS Polaris
passenger vessel
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- MS Polaris
- IMO number
- 6807395
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- passenger vessel
- Gross tonnage
- 2,097
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 70.6 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1968
- Builder
- Svendborg Skibsværft
- Registered owner
- Murmansk Shipping Company
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About MS Polaris
MS Polaris was a Russian-owned, Danish-built passenger ship in service with the Murmansk Shipping Company and based in Murmansk. It was built in 1968, and until 2000, it served as a ferry between cities in Greenland, mainly passenger transfers along the Greenland coastline. In 2000 she was bought by Scandinavian Cruise Line and was refurbished in Denmark by Master Mariner AB, Sweden. She was named M/S Shearwaterto and changed to Bahamian flag. She was sold to Norway 2001. It moved to Russia in 2005 It holds 80 passengers and is equipped with a lounge with bar, as well as a library, covered deck, outside deck and a gift shop. It was renovated at Tallinn, Estonia in 2005 and offered cruises in the Barents Sea and transfers from Murmansk to Saint Petersburg, Arkhangelsk, the Solovets Islands and was also the only ship that stops at Vaygach Island.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is MS Polaris now?
- MS Polaris 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 MS Polaris?
- MS Polaris is a passenger vessel, built in 1968 by Svendborg Skibsværft. The vessel is 70.6 m long and has a gross tonnage of 2,097.
- Who owns MS Polaris?
- MS Polaris is registered to Murmansk Shipping Company. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has MS Polaris been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for MS Polaris appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).