MV Iron Baron
bulk carrier · Australia
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- MV Iron Baron
- IMO number
- 8323745
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Vessel type
- bulk carrier
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
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- Builder
- Shin Kurushima Dockyard
- 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 Iron Baron
MV Iron Baron (formerly MV Ocean Express and MV Irrawaddy) was a 37,557 dwt bulk carrier built in 1985. It was chartered by BHP Shipping in 1990. On 10 July 1995 it was nearing the end of a voyage transporting 24,000 tonnes of manganese ore from Groote Eylandt via Port Kembla to the port of Bell Bay in northern Tasmania, Australia. Weather conditions at the time were north-westerly 37–46 km/h (20–25 knot) winds and two-metre seas. It grounded on Hebe Reef as it approached the mouth of the Tamar River and began leaking bunker fuel oil. The crew was safely evacuated. Salvage work commenced and the first casualties of the incident, a dead penguin and three dead cormorants, were recovered by 13 July. At that time 200 penguins had been taken into care. On 16 July the Iron Baron was refloated and moved to an offshore anchorage.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is MV Iron Baron now?
- MV Iron Baron 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 Iron Baron?
- MV Iron Baron is a bulk carrier sailing under the flag of Australia.
- Has MV Iron Baron been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for MV Iron Baron appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).