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MSC ELBA III

CargoCargo shipLiberia

Position 1 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
MSC ELBA III
MMSI
636025296
IMO number
9328493
Call sign
5LWS8
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
231 m
Beam
32 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
IDSUB
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
15.2 kn
Course over ground
124°
True heading
123°

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
2° 12.402' N
Longitude
101° 50.788' E
Decimal
2.20670, 101.84647
Received
1 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 MSC ELBA III's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from MSC ELBA III
BAM SANDYTanker, no additional information1.1 nm103° ESE
ANGEL NO2Tanker1.3 nm68° ENE
DONG MINHCargo ship1.3 nm356° N
QUEST KIRISHIMATanker1.5 nm75° ENE
DARANEE NAREECargo ship1.5 nm330° NNW
WAN HAI 613Cargo ship, carrying category C hazardous cargo1.6 nm36° NE
MAROULIO SCargo ship1.6 nm358° N
YM WORTHCargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo1.6 nm341° NNW
PALAWANCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo1.7 nm40° NE
NORD RIOCargo ship1.7 nm118° ESE
HENG AN YANGCargo ship1.8 nm106° ESE
AMETHYSTTanker1.8 nm1° N
OOCL SUNFLOWERCargo ship1.9 nm39° NE
XIN XU ZHOUCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo1.9 nm33° NNE
OBE UNITYCargo ship2.2 nm347° NNW

Ranked by great-circle distance from MSC ELBA III'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”.