MV True Confidence

MV True Confidence
History
Name
  • Teizan (2011–2021)
  • True Confidence (from 2021)
Owner
  • Olamar Navegacion SA (2011–2021)
  • OCM Maritime Loire LLC (2021–2024)
  • True Confidence Shipping SA (from 2024)[2][3]
Operator
  • Usui Kaiun KK (2011–2021)
  • Third January Maritime Ltd (from 2021)[2][3]
Port of registry
BuilderOshima Shipbuilding, Sakai
Yard number10610
Launched17 June 2011[1]
Completed2011
Identification
FateStruck by a Houthi anti-ship missile on 6 March 2024
General characteristics
Class and typeBulk carrier
Tonnage29,104 GT
Length183 m (600 ft 5 in)
Beam32 m (105 ft 0 in)
Crew20

MV True Confidence is a Barbados-flagged bulk carrier managed by Third January Maritime, a Greek company, and owned by True Confidence Shipping, a Liberian shipping company.[4][5] The vessel was attacked on 6 March 2024, causing the first civilian casualties of Houthi attacks on merchant shipping during the Red Sea crisis.

  1. ^ "ClassNK Register of Ships - M/S TRUE CONFIDENCE(CNo.113419)".
  2. ^ a b c "True Confidence (9460784)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Three killed in Houthi missile attack on cargo ship - US military". BBC. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  4. ^ "True Confidence, Bulk Carrier - Details and current position - IMO 9460784". Vessel Finder. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  5. ^ "True Confidence". MaritimeTraffic. Retrieved 6 March 2024.