MV Taiko
roll-on/roll-off ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- MV Taiko
- IMO number
- 8204975
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- roll-on/roll-off ship
- Gross tonnage
- 66,635
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 262.3 m
- Beam
- 32.3 m
- Year built
- 1984
- Builder
- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
- Registered owner
- Wilh. Wilhelmsen
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About MV Taiko
MV Taiko was a roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) freighter managed by the Norwegian-Swedish shipping line Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics. She was built as Barber Hector by Hyundai Heavy Industries at Ulsan, South Korea in 1984 for Blue Funnel Line, part of the Liverpool company Ocean Transport & Trading Ltd, and was Blue Funnel's last newbuilding. She was deployed on Barber Blue Sea Line, a joint venture between Blue Funnel, Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Oslo and the Broström Group of Sweden. In 1988 Ocean withdrew from Barber Blue Sea line and Barber Hector was sold to the Swedish partner, chartered to Wilhelmsen and renamed Taiko. Wilhelmsen purchased the vessel in 1993. Built to carry RoRo cargoes and containers, the ship initially had a tonnage of 27,990 GT. In 2008 Taiko was converted to a vehicle carrier in China, resulting in an increase to 66,532 GT.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is MV Taiko now?
- MV Taiko 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 Taiko?
- MV Taiko is a roll-on/roll-off ship, built in 1984 by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries. The vessel is 262.3 m long with a beam of 32.3 m and has a gross tonnage of 66,635.
- Who owns MV Taiko?
- MV Taiko is registered to Wilh. Wilhelmsen. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has MV Taiko been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for MV Taiko appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).