IMO 8204975
IMO 8204975 · MMSI 258693000
Before joining this vessel — checklist
Work through each item before signing your SEA or travelling to the vessel.
- 1. Verify vessel identity
Confirm the vessel name and IMO number match. IMO 8204975 (IMO 8204975)
- 2. Check the flag state record
Flag unknown — ask the employer. How to read flag risk · Paris/Tokyo MoU lists
- 3. Check the company
Owner unknown. Owner and manager unknown — ask the employer.
- 4. Review your contract (SEA)
Read your Seafarer Employment Agreement before joining. SEA rights guide · Contract reading checklist
- 5. Check repatriation terms
Confirm repatriation is covered and the conditions are clear. Repatriation rights guide
- 6. Watch for recruitment-fee red flags
You should never pay to get a job at sea. Recruitment fees & scams guide
- 7. Save emergency contacts
Record ITF, flag-state authority, and welfare helpline numbers before departure. Emergency contact planner
Data sources and methodology: /sources
- Type
- ship
- Flag
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- Year built
- 1984
- Builder
- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
- GT
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- DWT
- —
- LOA
- —
- Beam
- —
- Draft
- —
- Class
- —
- Owner
- —
- Manager
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Indexed from Wikidata (Q83564778).
Vessel history
MV Taiko was a roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) freighter managed by the Norwegian-Swedish shipping line Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics . She was built as Barber Hector by Hyundai Heavy Industries , South Korea in 1984 for Blue Funnel Line company Ocean Transport & Trading Ltd , and was Blue Funnel's last newbuilding.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVTaiko#citenote-BFL-4) She was deployed on Barber Blue Sea Line, a joint venture between Blue Funnel, Wilh. Wilhelmsen , Oslo and t…
Source: MV Taiko · cached via Firecrawl
PSC detention history
No detentions in the last 2 years.
Editorial confidence: how we grade. Data sources and methodology: /sources.