MV Bukoba
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- MV Bukoba
- IMO number
- 7636511
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
- 59.5 m
- Beam
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- Year built
- 1979
- Builder
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- 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 MV Bukoba
MV Bukoba was a Lake Victoria ferry that carried passengers and cargo along Tanzania's Lake Victoria between the Tanzanian ports of Bukoba and Mwanza City. It also served the regular line between Port Bell, Uganda, and Mwanza, Tanzania, across Lake Victoria. MV Bukoba was built in about 1979 and had capacity for 850 tons of cargo and 430 passengers. On 21 May 1996, MV Bukoba sank 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Mwanza city in 25 metres (14 fathoms) of water, killing up to 1,000 people. The official deaths record is 894, making it the deadliest maritime disaster in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is MV Bukoba now?
- MV Bukoba 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 MV Bukoba?
- MV Bukoba is a ship, built in 1979. The vessel is 59.5 m long.
- Has MV Bukoba been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for MV Bukoba appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).