IMO 8500551
bulk carrier
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- IMO 8500551
- IMO number
- 8500551
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- bulk carrier
- Gross tonnage
- 35,944
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 225 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1986
- Builder
- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About IMO 8500551
MV Liberty Sun is a ship unsuccessfully attacked by Somali pirates on 14 April 2009. After unloading food aid at Port Sudan, she was proceeding to Mombasa with humanitarian aid, when she was attacked by pirates armed with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades. After successfully avoiding being boarded, she was assisted by USS Bainbridge. The French frigate Nivôse captured 11 of the pirates who had attacked Liberty Sun. Bainbridge had on board Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama hijacking, shortly after he had been freed in an operation which left three pirates dead and one captured. One of the pirates, Abdi Garad, told AFP news agency that they had intended to destroy the ship and its crew. "The aim of this attack was totally different. We were not after a ransom.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is IMO 8500551 now?
- IMO 8500551 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 IMO 8500551?
- IMO 8500551 is a bulk carrier, built in 1986 by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries. The vessel is 225 m long and has a gross tonnage of 35,944.
- Has IMO 8500551 been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for IMO 8500551 appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).