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CONTESSA

CargoCargo shipMarshall Islands

Position 2 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
CONTESSA
MMSI
538009274
IMO number
9907249
Call sign
V7A4534
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
146 m
Beam
23 m
Draught
8.2 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
JP OSA C8
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
16.8 kn
Course over ground
55°
True heading
55°

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
34° 9.175' N
Longitude
133° 9.427' E
Decimal
34.15292, 133.15711
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 CONTESSA's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from CONTESSA
TY IRISCargo ship0.4 nm64° ENE
NO.11 ASAHIMARUCargo ship0.6 nm232° SW
JIN RUN 988Cargo ship1.0 nm224° SW
XI PINGCargo ship, no additional information1.8 nm224° SW
KISEN MARUCargo ship2.4 nm336° NNW
ASAHIACETanker2.5 nm66° ENE
KAIRITanker2.9 nm315° NW
PERSEUSTanker3.1 nm36° NE
KISARAGI MARUTanker3.2 nm340° NNW
XIN SHENG SHENG 5Cargo ship3.2 nm227° SW
EIYU MARUTanker3.8 nm60° ENE
SHINEIUnknown4.0 nm238° WSW
KOHOMARUTanker4.3 nm234° SW
WAKAYOSHI MARU NO.10Tanker4.9 nm239° WSW
DAI3HAKUSENMARUUnknown5.2 nm242° WSW

Ranked by great-circle distance from CONTESSA'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”.