Sadanand

At 52,862 gross tons, Sadanand is the 9,280th largest of the 84,014 vessels in this registry that report a tonnage. The median across that set is 5,994 GT, so this hull is about 8.8 times the typical vessel on record here. The largest measures 499,167 GT.

Among the 58,086 vessels this registry holds no type classification for held here, it ranks 5,075th by tonnage — larger than 90% of that group. Their median tonnage is 5,358 GT, and the largest tenth begin at 54,309 GT. The flag most often flown by this group is Panama (5,698 ships). The yard that appears most often against it is HD Hyundai Mipo, with 615 hulls on record.

Sierra Leone is the country of registry for 531 vessels in this directory, of which Sadanand is the 18th largest by tonnage. The most common class under that flag is vessels this registry holds no type classification for (251 ships), and the median vessel measures 2,987 GT. Browse every ship flagged Sierra Leone.

Narrowing to both dimensions at once, this registry holds 251 vessels this registry holds no type classification for flying the Sierra Leone flag, of which 7 are larger by tonnage.

Sadanand was built in 1986, making it 40 years old. It is one of 866 hulls in this registry delivered that year, a cohort whose median tonnage is 4,769 GT; within it this ship is the 42nd largest. Across the whole of the 1980s the registry holds 13,213 vessels, median 3,004 GT. The median build year across the entire registry is 1995.

At 243.0 m overall, Sadanand is 128.0 m longer than the 115.0 m median for vessels this registry holds no type classification for on record.

IMO numbers are issued in broadly chronological blocks. Within 500 either side of 8322521 this registry holds 50 other vessels, whose median build year is 1985 and which range from 1983 to 1987. That places this hull’s registration in the same part of the series, consistent with its recorded build year of 1986.

Its IMO number, , carries its own check digit. The first six digits are weighted seven down to two and summed — = 111 — and the last digit of that total, 1, must equal the seventh digit, 1. It does, so this number is well formed.