Odyssey
oil tanker
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Odyssey
- IMO number
- 7122766
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- oil tanker
- Gross tonnage
- —
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 275 m
- Beam
- 43 m
- Year built
- 1971
- Builder
- IHI Marine United
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Odyssey
Odyssey, which previously went by the name Oriental Phoenix, was an oil tanker in operation from 1971 to November 10, 1988, when an explosion caused it to sink in the North Atlantic off the coast of Canada. The resulting spill remains one of the largest oil spills in world history. The tanker was 700 nautical miles (1,300 km; 810 mi) off the coast of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia when it sank and released 132,157 tons (43 million gallons) of oil into the ocean, valued at some $86.7 million (2010). By way of comparison, four times as much oil was spilled by the Odyssey as from the much more famous Exxon Valdez.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Odyssey now?
- Odyssey 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 Odyssey?
- Odyssey is a oil tanker, built in 1971 by IHI Marine United. The vessel is 275 m long with a beam of 43 m.
- Has Odyssey been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Odyssey appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).