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KOUTOKUMARU NO.15

CargoCargo shipJapan

Position 54 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
KOUTOKUMARU NO.15
MMSI
431030514
IMO number
1159236
Call sign
JD5696
Flag state
Japan (MID 431)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
78 m
Beam
14 m
Draught
5.6 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 KZU
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
10.8 kn
Course over ground
57°
True heading
54°

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° 59.401' N
Longitude
140° 9.902' E
Decimal
34.99002, 140.16503
Received
54 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 KOUTOKUMARU NO.15's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from KOUTOKUMARU NO.15
PACIFIC GLORYCargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo1.9 nm151° SSE
KDDI CABLE INFINITYOther type2.4 nm218° SW
KAMIKITA MARUCargo ship2.7 nm56° NE
SUNNY NOAHTanker3.3 nm68° ENE
YOUSHOUMARUCargo ship4.0 nm98° E
KUROSHIO MARUCargo ship4.1 nm84° E
KOHSEI MARUTanker, carrying category B hazardous cargo5.0 nm76° ENE
CRANE LYRATanker7.3 nm75° ENE
HIMAWARI 9Cargo ship, no additional information9.6 nm84° E
ISHIKARIPassenger ship9.8 nm204° SSW
TEN-OH MARUCargo ship22.6 nm288° WNW
SINOTRANS QINGDAOCargo ship22.7 nm297° WNW
CA TOKYOCargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo22.9 nm285° WNW
SOLEILPassenger ship23.3 nm302° WNW
MANCHAC SUNTanker23.6 nm305° NW

Ranked by great-circle distance from KOUTOKUMARU NO.15'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”.