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MSC LUANDA VIII

CargoCargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargoLiberia

Position 4 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
MSC LUANDA VIII
MMSI
636024876
IMO number
9301471
Call sign
5LUS5
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
74
Type
Cargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo
Category
Cargo
Length overall
334 m
Beam
44 m
Draught
10.1 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
GEBZE
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
9.1 kn
Course over ground
179°
True heading
177°

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° 22.949' N
Longitude
73° 48.977' W
Decimal
40.38248, -73.81629
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 MSC LUANDA VIII's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from MSC LUANDA VIII
M&EMPleasure craft1.1 nm209° SSW
VALORUnknown2.4 nm251° WSW
LITTL IKEUnknown2.7 nm293° WNW
COSCOSHIPPING ORCHIDCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo2.8 nm142° SE
PILOT NEW YORKPilot vessel3.6 nm2° N
PILOT WANDERERPilot vessel3.6 nm2° N
LEAP OF FAITHUnknown4.8 nm244° WSW
LIMA BRAVOUnknown5.7 nm290° WNW
ULTREIAUnknown6.2 nm279° W
MMSI 367625960Unknown6.5 nm273° W
LARRY J. HEBERTTug6.7 nm301° WNW
G.L. 501Unknown6.8 nm303° WNW
PLUSUnknown6.9 nm303° WNW
SEASHELLS OF STJAMESUnknown6.9 nm285° WNW
SARVISUnknown7.2 nm287° WNW

Ranked by great-circle distance from MSC LUANDA VIII'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”.