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MASAWA MARU

TankerTankerJapan

Position 4 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
MASAWA MARU
MMSI
431015686
IMO number
9895070
Call sign
JD4854
Flag state
Japan (MID 431)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
80
Type
Tanker
Category
Tanker
Length overall
61 m
Beam
10 m
Draught
3.4 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 UKB OFF
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
5.4 kn
Course over ground
128°
True heading
132°

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
35° 32.888' N
Longitude
140° 4.833' E
Decimal
35.54813, 140.08055
Received
4 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 MASAWA MARU's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from MASAWA MARU
ZUIKO MARUTanker0.4 nm3° N
IZUMIMARU NO.6Tanker, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.5 nm335° NNW
TAISEI MARU NO,11Tanker0.7 nm29° NNE
HOUNMARU_NO,28Cargo ship0.9 nm118° ESE
SHINTAIEI MARUCargo ship1.0 nm7° N
HISHI MARUTanker1.5 nm222° SW
TSUNAGUTug1.6 nm263° W
EIHO MARUTanker, carrying category A hazardous cargo1.6 nm307° NW
AKIYOSHIMARUCargo ship1.7 nm231° SW
MANYO MARUCargo ship1.8 nm270° W
KINSUI MARUTanker1.8 nm244° WSW
SEIYOH NO,1Unknown1.9 nm327° NNW
WAKACHIDORIUnknown2.0 nm334° NNW
AOMINESANMARU NO.58Unknown2.0 nm284° WNW
NIKKO MARU NO.3Tanker, carrying category B hazardous cargo2.0 nm276° W

Ranked by great-circle distance from MASAWA 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”.