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MSC CAROLINA

CargoCargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargoPanama

Position 2 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
MSC CAROLINA
MMSI
371475000
IMO number
9295397
Call sign
3ECV5
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
74
Type
Cargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo
Category
Cargo
Length overall
275 m
Beam
40 m
Draught
12.1 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
BSFPO -> USNYC
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
9.5 kn
Course over ground
354°
True heading
354°

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
40° 2.309' N
Longitude
73° 43.400' W
Decimal
40.03849, -73.72333
Received
2 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 MSC CAROLINA's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from MSC CAROLINA
MMSI 367629420Unknown8.3 nm241° WSW
VENGEANCEUnknown9.8 nm284° WNW
CMA CGM VERDICargo ship, carrying category C hazardous cargo11.6 nm337° NNW
DANOIUnknown13.6 nm285° WNW
BLUEBIRDUnknown14.2 nm279° W
SAVANNAH MARIEUnknown14.8 nm285° WNW
AMANDA CUnknown14.9 nm285° WNW
DS EXPRESSUnknown15.0 nm285° WNW
COASTAL QUEENPleasure craft15.1 nm274° W
NAUTILUS IIUnknown15.1 nm285° WNW
23 SEAHAWKUnknown15.2 nm277° W
MMSI 338311599Unknown15.2 nm277° W
MISS SERENAFishing vessel15.2 nm285° WNW
F/V CHRISTYUnknown15.2 nm285° WNW
CALIEM_2Unknown15.2 nm270° W

Ranked by great-circle distance from MSC CAROLINA'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”.