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MSC DARIEN

CargoCargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargoMadeira

Position 30 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
MSC DARIEN
MMSI
255803780
IMO number
9243394
Call sign
CQRP
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
74
Type
Cargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo
Category
Cargo
Length overall
323 m
Beam
43 m
Draught
13.3 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
ZADUR
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
90°
True heading
77°

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
29° 52.698' S
Longitude
31° 1.237' E
Decimal
-29.87830, 31.02062
Received
30 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 DARIEN's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from MSC DARIEN
KOTA LIMACargo ship0.1 nm256° WSW
MSC EDNACargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.2 nm134° SE
ALEXANDRIA BRIDGECargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo0.4 nm86° E
COSCO AQABACargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.4 nm108° ESE
DALIANCargo ship0.4 nm137° SE
MSC MARIANNACargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.5 nm78° ENE
EQUINOX MELIDACargo ship0.6 nm94° E
FUMANAUnknown0.6 nm106° ESE
SOUTHERN VENTURETanker, no additional information0.6 nm106° ESE
MANDARIN PHOENIXCargo ship0.7 nm305° NW
SELEMOTug0.7 nm103° ESE
SIYAKHULATug0.7 nm106° ESE
MARITIME GRACIOUSTanker0.7 nm125° SE
SEA EXPRESSTug0.7 nm331° NNW
SIBANYETug0.7 nm105° ESE

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