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KURE MARU

Tug & towTugJapan

Position 3 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
KURE MARU
MMSI
431010619
IMO number
9826641
Call sign
JD4299
Flag state
Japan (MID 431)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
30 m
Beam
9 m
Draught
3.5 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 MYJ
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
11.4 kn
Course over ground
222°
True heading
222°

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° 6.084' N
Longitude
132° 50.888' E
Decimal
34.10140, 132.84813
Received
3 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 KURE MARU's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from KURE MARU
AMAMISearch and rescue vessel0.1 nm34° NE
SANMANYOSHI8Cargo ship0.5 nm322° NW
TROPICAL BINTANGCargo ship0.6 nm311° NW
JOUEI MARU NO.35Tug1.0 nm10° N
YUTAKA MARU NO.10Cargo ship1.0 nm351° N
XIN JIAN ZHENCargo ship1.1 nm18° NNE
KOZUCHIMARUTug1.2 nm356° N
COPIHUE TIGERCargo ship1.2 nm7° N
SEIYOH101Unknown1.4 nm5° N
KOMACHI MARUTug1.5 nm21° NNE
ICHIE MARUTanker1.5 nm33° NNE
TENMA MARUCargo ship1.7 nm19° NNE
SHUHO MARUTanker1.7 nm356° N
KYOKAI MARU NO.21Tanker1.8 nm341° NNW
SHOKOU MARUCargo ship1.9 nm326° NW

Ranked by great-circle distance from KURE 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”.