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MEGALOPOLIS

CargoCargo shipMalta

Position 6 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
MEGALOPOLIS
MMSI
229556000
IMO number
9477799
Call sign
9HA3403
Flag state
Malta (MID 229)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
255 m
Beam
37 m
Draught
13.1 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
CGPNR
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
15.6 kn
Course over ground
277°
True heading
279°

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° 49.935' S
Longitude
19° 7.652' E
Decimal
-34.83225, 19.12754
Received
6 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 MEGALOPOLIS's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from MEGALOPOLIS
PANAMAX NEREIDCargo ship4.0 nm121° ESE
POLY ODYSSEYCargo ship5.7 nm342° NNW
MSC FALCON IIICargo ship, no additional information6.0 nm304° NW
EVER UTILECargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo9.4 nm120° ESE
DREAM BEAUTYCargo ship10.5 nm119° ESE
GLOVIS SIGMACargo ship10.7 nm116° ESE
HUA SHENG LONGOther type12.5 nm306° NW
CAPE MIDORICargo ship12.8 nm204° SSW
MMSI 228186320Unknown12.9 nm70° ENE
ONE INSPIRATIONCargo ship13.0 nm122° ESE
MSC ANS VCargo ship13.1 nm99° E
PICTOR MARINECargo ship15.5 nm107° ESE
BLOEMGRACHTCargo ship16.7 nm139° SE
MMSI 226169000Unknown16.7 nm115° ESE
STOLT STRENGTHTanker, carrying category B hazardous cargo17.6 nm150° SSE

Ranked by great-circle distance from MEGALOPOLIS'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”.