Sirius Star
oil tanker
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Sirius Star
- IMO number
- 9384198
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- oil tanker
- Gross tonnage
- 162,252
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 332 m
- Beam
- 58 m
- Year built
- 2008
- Builder
- Hanwha Ocean
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Sirius Star
MV Manifa (formerly MV Sirius Star) is an oil tanker formally owned and operated by Vela International Marine. With a length overall of 330 m (1,080 ft) and a capacity of 2.2 million barrels (350,000 m3) of crude oil, she is classified as a very large crude carrier or VLCC. Vela is based in the United Arab Emirates and is a subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian state oil company Saudi Aramco. Sirius Star is one of Vela's 24 tankers, of which 19 are VLCCs. Since her launch, the ship has been registered in Monrovia under the Liberian flag of convenience. She has since been reflagged to Saudi Arabia. Sirius Star was built by the South Korean company Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. Her construction began in October 2007 and she was launched by Huda Al-Ghoson in late March 2008.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Emissions & fuel consumption
Independently verified annual figures reported under the EU MRV regulation — public environmental data the incumbents don't surface.
| Year | CO₂ emitted | Fuel burned | Time at sea | CO₂ / n mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13,355 t | 4,278 t | 68 days | 680 kg |
Technical efficiency: EIV (3.56 gCO₂/t·nm). Source: European Commission / EMSA THETIS-MRV (EU Regulation 2015/757). Covers voyages to, from and within the EU/EEA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sirius Star now?
- Sirius Star 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 Sirius Star?
- Sirius Star is a oil tanker, built in 2008 by Hanwha Ocean. The vessel is 332 m long with a beam of 58 m and has a gross tonnage of 162,252.
- Has Sirius Star been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Sirius Star appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).