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CAPE AGULHAS

CargoCargo shipMarshall Islands

Position 48 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
CAPE AGULHAS
MMSI
538090726
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
Not reported
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
Not reported
Beam
Not reported
Draught
Not reported

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
Not reported
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Not under command
Speed over ground
0.5 kn
Course over ground
59°
True heading
110°

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
28° 32.242' N
Longitude
89° 35.899' W
Decimal
28.53737, -89.59831
Received
48 min 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 CAPE AGULHAS's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from CAPE AGULHAS
FAIRCHEM PINNACLETanker, carrying category B hazardous cargo3.1 nm251° WSW
LUZON SPIRITTanker6.9 nm252° WSW
MMSI 366550000Unknown9.7 nm152° SSE
SSI PROVIDENCECargo ship11.5 nm107° ESE
PS IMABARITanker12.7 nm239° WSW
OLYMPIA LOGGERCargo ship13.4 nm20° NNE
MMSI 368099310Unknown13.5 nm159° SSE
SP_89EUnknown14.3 nm48° NE
CMA CGM XIAMENCargo ship, carrying category C hazardous cargo14.4 nm220° SW
ABIGAIL CLAIRECargo ship15.9 nm39° NE
BBG CONFIDENCECargo ship16.7 nm75° ENE
SHARQICargo ship16.9 nm213° SSW
HARVEST RAINCargo ship17.2 nm44° NE
BULK ATACAMACargo ship18.0 nm87° E
HAWAIIUnknown20.1 nm227° SW

Ranked by great-circle distance from CAPE AGULHAS'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”.