Brillante Virtuoso
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Brillante Virtuoso
- IMO number
- 9014822
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
- 80,569
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 274 m
- Beam
- 47.8 m
- Year built
- 1992
- Builder
- Samsung Heavy Industries
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Brillante Virtuoso
MT Brillante Virtuoso was a Greek-owned, Liberian-flagged suezmax tanker damaged beyond repair as part of an insurance fraud, which involved a faked hijacking by Yemenis posing as Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden on 6 July 2011. A British High Court found that the faked attack was orchestrated and instigated by the vessel's beneficial owner, Marios Iliopoulos, who was at the time experiencing significant financial difficulties. As at 2025, Iliopoulos has not faced criminal prosecution for his role in the staged attack on the Brillante Virtuoso. David Mockett, a British marine shipping surveyor and consultant who was investigating the incident, was reported to have believed that the attack on the Brillante Virtuoso was carried out by a criminal gang as part of an insurance fraud.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Brillante Virtuoso now?
- Brillante Virtuoso 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 Brillante Virtuoso?
- Brillante Virtuoso is a ship, built in 1992 by Samsung Heavy Industries. The vessel is 274 m long with a beam of 47.8 m and has a gross tonnage of 80,569.
- Has Brillante Virtuoso been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Brillante Virtuoso appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).