Amandla
tug
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Amandla
- IMO number
- 7385215
- MMSI
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- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- tug
- Gross tonnage
- —
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 94.7 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1976
- Builder
- —
- 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 Amandla
S.A. John Ross (also known as John Ross, SA Amandla, Smit Amandla and Iconic 09) along with her sister ship S.A. Wolraad Woltemade, was one of a pair of South African ocean-going salvage tugs built in the late 1970s in order to support passage of redirected (in particular supertankers) traffic around the Cape of Good Hope as a result of the closure of the Suez Canal following the Six-Day War. For a time after their construction, the tugs held the record for the most powerful marine salvage vessels of their type in the world. The S.A. John Ross was named after the Scotsman Charles Maclean, who during his exploits during the Anglo-Zulu war became known as "John Ross".
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Amandla now?
- Amandla 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 Amandla?
- Amandla is a tug, built in 1976. The vessel is 94.7 m long.
- Has Amandla been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Amandla appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).