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KOKUSHO MARU

TankerTankerJapan

Position 55 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
KOKUSHO MARU
MMSI
431000783
IMO number
9544188
Call sign
JD2837
Flag state
Japan (MID 431)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
80
Type
Tanker
Category
Tanker
Length overall
65 m
Beam
10 m
Draught
4.6 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 OIP SUMIYOSI
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
11.7 kn
Course over ground
219°
True heading
219°

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° 7.024' N
Longitude
132° 51.384' E
Decimal
34.11706, 132.85640
Received
55 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 KOKUSHO MARU's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from KOKUSHO MARU
SIRIUSTanker0.0 nm42° NE
TOUNAN MARUTanker0.3 nm273° W
SHINHOMARUUnknown0.4 nm339° NNW
FIONA BULKERCargo ship0.5 nm324° NW
KOUSHOU MARUUnknown0.5 nm4° N
TOKI MARUTanker (reserved code 85)0.6 nm297° WNW
SITC SHENZHENCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.6 nm344° NNW
HOUEIMARUCargo ship0.8 nm298° WNW
SHOSEIMARUCargo ship1.2 nm221° SW
UJIGAMI MARUCargo ship1.3 nm320° NW
MMSI 431500234Unknown1.4 nm308° NW
MMSI 431301488Unknown1.5 nm305° NW
ASUNAROCargo ship1.6 nm335° NNW
HKL RYUYOCargo ship1.9 nm17° NNE
ZENITH CROWNCargo ship1.9 nm341° NNW

Ranked by great-circle distance from KOKUSHO MARU'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”.