Seawise Giant
oil tanker
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Seawise Giant
- IMO number
- 7381154
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- oil tanker
- Gross tonnage
- 260,941
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 458.5 m
- Beam
- 68.8 m
- Year built
- 1979
- Builder
- Sumitomo Heavy Industries
- Registered owner
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- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Seawise Giant
TT Seawise Giant—formerly Oppama; later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, and Mont—was a ULCC supertanker and the longest self-propelled ship in history. It was built in 1974–1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. Seawise Giant's engines were powered by Ljungström turbines. The ship possessed the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded. Fully laden, her displacement was 657,019 tonnes. At the time she was built, she was the heaviest self-propelled ship of any kind. With a laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft) and a length of 458.45 m (1,504.1 ft), the ship was incapable of navigating the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal. She is generally considered the largest self-propelled ship ever built.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Seawise Giant now?
- Seawise Giant 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 Seawise Giant?
- Seawise Giant is a oil tanker, built in 1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries. The vessel is 458.5 m long with a beam of 68.8 m and has a gross tonnage of 260,941.
- Has Seawise Giant been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Seawise Giant appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).