MV Le Joola
ferry
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- MV Le Joola
- IMO number
- 9019901
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- ferry
- Gross tonnage
- 2,087
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 79.5 m
- Beam
- 12.5 m
- Year built
- 1990
- Builder
- Neue Schiffswerft Germersheim
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About MV Le Joola
MV Le Joola was a Senegalese government-owned roll-on/roll-off ferry that capsized off the coast of The Gambia on 26 September 2002, with 1,863 deaths and 64 survivors. The majority of passengers were Senegalese, including 854 to 923 Senegalese-French nationals on board. It is thought to be the third-worst peacetime disaster in maritime history, and the worst in the 21st century. The ship was plying the route from Ziguinchor in the Casamance region to the Senegalese capital, Dakar, when it ran into a violent storm, farther out to sea than it was licensed to travel. The estimated 2,000 passengers aboard (about half of whom lacked tickets) would have amounted to nearly four times the ship's design load. The large numbers sleeping on-deck (and thus above its center of buoyancy) added further instability. Rescue operations did not start for several hours.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is MV Le Joola now?
- MV Le Joola 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 Le Joola?
- MV Le Joola is a ferry, built in 1990 by Neue Schiffswerft Germersheim. The vessel is 79.5 m long with a beam of 12.5 m and has a gross tonnage of 2,087.
- Has MV Le Joola been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for MV Le Joola appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).