MS Moby Prince
ferry
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- MS Moby Prince
- IMO number
- 6808806
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- ferry
- Gross tonnage
- 6,682
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 131 m
- Beam
- 20.5 m
- Year built
- 1968
- Builder
- Cammell Laird
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About MS Moby Prince
The Moby Prince disaster was a major maritime accident resulting in 140 deaths. It occurred in the late evening of Wednesday 10 April 1991, in the harbour of Livorno, Italy. It is the worst disaster in the Italian merchant navy since World War II. It is also considered one of the two worst environmental disasters in Italian history, along with the explosion and loss of the tanker Amoco Milford Haven on the following day in an unrelated accident near Voltri. MV Moby Prince, a ferry owned by Navigazione Arcipelago Maddalenino (NAVARMA) Lines, collided with the oil tanker Agip Abruzzo, sparking an extensive fire that ravaged the ship. The only survivor of the crew and passengers of the ferry was a young ship's boy, Alessio Bertrand from Naples. The other 140 on board were killed by the fire or toxic fumes.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is MS Moby Prince now?
- MS Moby Prince 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 Moby Prince?
- MS Moby Prince is a ferry, built in 1968 by Cammell Laird. The vessel is 131 m long with a beam of 20.5 m and has a gross tonnage of 6,682.
- Has MS Moby Prince been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for MS Moby Prince appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).