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Norwegian Star

Built by Meyer Werft in 2001

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IMO: 9195157

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage

91,740GT

Length Overall

294.13m

Beam

32.2m

Year Built

2001

Overview

About This Vessel

Norwegian Star is a Dawn-class cruise ship operated by Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL). Ordered by and intended for Star Cruises, it was originally named SuperStar Libra before being transferred to NCL. Norwegian Star is a Panamax cruise ship; its 294-meter-length (965 ft) and 32.2-meter-beam (105.6 ft) nears the limit for ships transiting the Panama Canal through the original set of locks. Norwegian Dawn is in the same class. Norwegian Star was built by the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. Construction began on Norwegian Star in 2000 and was completed in mid-2001, with the ship put into service later that year. Originally circumnavigating the Hawaiian Islands since its introduction, Norwegian Star was moved to the Pacific Coast of North America in 2004.

Intelligence

Risk & Sustainability

Carbon intensity · 2025C

50,847t CO₂

AER (CO₂/capacity·nm): 10.4
Fuel burned: 15,978 t
Technical: EEXI (10.37 gCO₂/t·nm)

Verified reported figure. Band is peer-relative, not official IMO CII.

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties3

Personnel CasualtyCritical
Aug 12, 2025Savage Point, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR (NL)1 death
On 12 August 2025, the passenger vessel "NORWEGIAN STAR", reported a person missing in the Strait of Belle Isle off St. Barbe, NL. The person was located deceased and recovered from the water by the crew.
Non-Reportable/VoluntaryModerate
Aug 6, 2009PRINCE RUPERT HARBOUR, BC, BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)
On 06 August 2009, while mooring in Prince Rupert Harbour, B.C., the charter vessel "HOWARD F "TOO" "was swamped by the wash from the cruise ship "NORWEGIAN STAR". The operator fell overboard during this occurrence.
FireSerious
May 17, 2007DIXON ENTRANCE, B.C., BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC)
On 17 May 2007, the cruise ship "NORWEGIAN STAR" reported an engine room fire, while enroute in Dixon Entrance, B.C.

Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.

Composite Risk

Risk Score

74/100

Elevated riskLow confidence20% component coverage

Multiple adverse factors, or a hard ship-specific signal, lift this hull above the fleet norm.

PSC detentionsno data

Sanctions exposureno data

AIS-gap & behaviourno data

Hull age80

Flag registerno data

A coverage-weighted blend of the single component we could read for this hull; the weights renormalise over only the components present, so a thin read is never inflated and a hull is never credited a “safe 0” for a signal it has no row for. This headline is flagged low-confidence (a thin or structural-only read) and should not be treated as a verdict. Higher means riskier. Derived in-house from government-open port-State-control, flag, sanctions and our own vessel data; weight it by the coverage above.

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Voyage Planning

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Ownership & Management

Owner

Norwegian Cruise Line

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