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ALTAIR LEADER

CargoCargo shipJapan

Position 2 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
ALTAIR LEADER
MMSI
432817000
IMO number
9539171
Call sign
7JJJ
Flag state
Japan (MID 432)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
200 m
Beam
32 m
Draught
9.3 m

Length is the sum of the two AIS reference-point dimensions fore and aft; beam is the sum of the port and starboard pair. Both come from the vessel's own static report.

Voyage & motion

Destination
CYLMS
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
18.8 kn
Course over ground
109°
True heading
109°

Destination, ETA and navigational status are typed in on the bridge, not measured. Speed, course and heading come from the vessel's instruments.

Last known position

Latitude
36° 29.261' N
Longitude
14° 22.557' E
Decimal
36.48769, 14.37595
Received
2 h ago
Reported by ship
Not reported
Source feed
AISStream.io

This is the latest position our store holds, not a live fix. The vessel has been free to move for the whole of the age shown above.

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Only one position is held for this vessel, so no track can be drawn.

Nearby

Other vessels near this one

Everything else our snapshot holds within 25 nm of ALTAIR LEADER's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from ALTAIR LEADER
EXCELLENCETanker5.0 nm266° W
MSC FABIENNECargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo5.2 nm287° WNW
MARY MAERSKCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo5.4 nm219° SW
ZHONG YUANCargo ship10.2 nm283° WNW
SOLVIKCargo ship10.7 nm24° NNE
DONATELLOCargo ship12.6 nm299° WNW
CHEMICAL MASTERTanker, carrying category B hazardous cargo12.9 nm279° W
MSC JOANNACargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo14.1 nm299° WNW
SUNLITTanker14.4 nm267° W
MEDKON SAMSUNCargo ship, no additional information16.3 nm57° ENE
IEPBORGCargo ship18.2 nm335° NNW
NIVINCargo ship18.4 nm178° S
CAROLINE RUSSCargo ship, no additional information19.1 nm196° SSW
S/Y CAIPIRINHAUnknown19.4 nm25° NNE
NORDRE ROSEUnknown19.4 nm25° NNE

Ranked by great-circle distance from ALTAIR LEADER's last known fix, both taken from the same snapshot moment. Neither vessel has necessarily stayed put since — see the age shown above for how stale each position may be. Also available as JSON: /api/nearby.

What this data means

Reading this record

Everything above comes from two different AIS transmissions. Position, speed, course and heading arrive in message 1, 2 or 3, broadcast every few seconds while under way — that is why the position age above can be very small. Name, MMSI, IMO number, call sign, type and dimensions arrive in a separate static report — message 5 for a Class A transponder, message 24 for Class B — sent only around once every six minutes. A vessel can therefore show a fresh position with an old or missing static report, or the reverse.

Nothing here is estimated, interpolated, or carried over from a previous ship at the same MMSI. Where the vessel did not transmit a field, or transmitted a value the standard defines as "not available", we print “Not reported” rather than guess.

Data for this page comes from AISStream.io under Free for any use. Field meanings are explained in the reference guides. Nothing on this page is derived, estimated or filled in — where a field is empty, we print “Not reported”.