Hansa Carrier
container ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Hansa Carrier
- IMO number
- 8717518
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 18,037
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 176.6 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1989
- Builder
- Bremer Vulkan
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Hansa Carrier
Hansa Carrier was a container ship. On 27 May 1990, en route from Korea to the United States, the ship encountered a storm which caused the loss of 21 40-foot cargo containers south of the Alaska Peninsula. Five of these cargo containers contained 61,000 Nike shoes, each of which carried a unique serial number which later made it possible to clearly identify them as part of the spilled cargo. The "Great Shoe Spill of 1990" was one of the several occasions when shipping accidents have contributed to the knowledge of ocean currents and aided scientists and amateur researchers in their endeavours.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hansa Carrier now?
- Hansa Carrier 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 Hansa Carrier?
- Hansa Carrier is a container ship, built in 1989 by Bremer Vulkan. The vessel is 176.6 m long and has a gross tonnage of 18,037.
- Has Hansa Carrier been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Hansa Carrier appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).