Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Melody in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is Melody?

Melody is a cruise ship, built in 1982 by Constructions industrielles de la Méditerranée. The vessel is 204.1 m long with a beam of 27.4 m and has a gross tonnage of 35,143.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Melody?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Melody from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels and the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for Melody. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

Melody

Cruise ship · built 1982

IMO7902295No AIS position on record

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In short

Melody (Cruise ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar. It can carry up to 1,076 passengers (source: Wikidata).

Vessel type: Cruise ship
Flag: —
Year built: 1982
Gross tonnage: 35,143
Size (length × beam): 204 m × 27 m
Registered owner: —

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Last reported position

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Identity & particulars

Name: Melody
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 7902295
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: —
Call signWhat is a call sign?: —
Flag: —
Vessel type: Cruise ship
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: 35,143
Length overall: 204.1 m
Beam: 27.4 m
Year built: 1982
Passengers (maximum): Source: Wikidata, record Q1815076. Added to Voydar on September 23, 2026. Licence: CC0 1.0.1,076

A tag next to a value names the register that supplied it (hover or tap it for the record and date). Values without a tag come from the ship's own AIS broadcasts or from Wikidata. Position and identity are derived live from AIS.

Ownership & management

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Builder: Constructions industrielles de la Méditerranée
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026

Timeline

Dated events for this ship from every source Voydar holds, newest first. Each line names its source; derived items say how they were derived.

Date	Event	Source
Feb 11, 2008	Reported arrival at ST. JOHN ISLAND, VIAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Apr 25, 2003	Reported departure from FREDERIKSTED ST. CROIX ISLAND, VIAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Apr 25, 2003	Reported arrival at FREDERIKSTED ST. CROIX ISLAND, VIAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Owner, operator and manager changes found by comparing yearly EU MRV reports are dated to the reporting year ("during 2025"), not to a day. Port calls here are the most recent only; the full lists are further down.

Port calls

Two kinds of evidence, kept apart: calls Voydar detected from the ship's AIS positions, and arrivals and departures published by port authorities and customs records.

Reported by authorities Authority-reported

Port	Record	Date (UTC)	Berth	Source
ST. JOHN ISLAND, VI	Arrival	Feb 11, 2008(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
FREDERIKSTED ST. CROIX ISLAND, VI	Departure	Apr 25, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
FREDERIKSTED ST. CROIX ISLAND, VI	Arrival	Apr 25, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
San Juan PRSJU	Departure	Apr 24, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
San Juan PRSJU	Arrival	Apr 24, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Everglades USPEF	Departure	Apr 22, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Everglades USPEF	Arrival	Apr 22, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
San Juan PRSJU	Departure	Apr 14, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
San Juan PRSJU	Arrival	Apr 14, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Everglades USPEF	Departure	Apr 11, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Everglades USPEF	Arrival	Apr 11, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Miami USMIA	Departure	Apr 10, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: January 13, 2002.

Source: US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (US CBP entrance/clearance records). Licence: US Government work — public domain.

About Melody

MS Melody was a cruise ship, formerly owned and operated by MSC Cruises. She was built in 1982 by the CNIM shipyard in La Seyne, France for Home Lines as Atlantic. Between 1988 and 1997 she sailed for Premier Cruise Line as StarShip Atlantic. In 1997, the vessel entered service for MSC Cruises as Melody. In 2009 she repelled a pirate attack off Seychelles. She ended her career as an accommodation ship Qing, during which she sank in storm at her berth, and was scrapped in 2019.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Melody now?: Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Melody in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is Melody?: Melody is a cruise ship, built in 1982 by Constructions industrielles de la Méditerranée. The vessel is 204.1 m long with a beam of 27.4 m and has a gross tonnage of 35,143.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Melody?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Melody from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels and the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for Melody. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

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