MY Sam Simon
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- MY Sam Simon
- IMO number
- 9053452
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
- 484
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 55.5 m
- Beam
- 9.8 m
- Year built
- 1993
- Builder
- IHI Corporation
- Registered owner
- Japan Meteorological Agency
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About MY Sam Simon
MY Age of Union is a vessel of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society fleet, the ship was previously named after American television producer and writer Sam Simon, who donated the money to purchase the vessel. The ship's identity was kept secret, to be revealed when she met the Japanese whaling fleet in 2012, but was identified when her registration was discovered on the Australian Maritime Safety Authority's list of registered ships. Age of Union is the former Japanese weather survey ship Kaiko Maru No 8. Sea Shepherd paid the Government of Japan AUD $2,000,000 for the vessel. She was renamed MV New Atlantis shortly before being moved to Brisbane, Queensland. She was subsequently re-registered under the Australian flag as a pleasure craft called Sam Simon.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is MY Sam Simon now?
- MY Sam Simon 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 MY Sam Simon?
- MY Sam Simon is a ship, built in 1993 by IHI Corporation. The vessel is 55.5 m long with a beam of 9.8 m and has a gross tonnage of 484.
- Who owns MY Sam Simon?
- MY Sam Simon is registered to Japan Meteorological Agency and operated by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has MY Sam Simon been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for MY Sam Simon appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).