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MSC PETRA

CargoCargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargoLiberia

Position 13 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
MSC PETRA
MMSI
636014644
IMO number
9222302
Call sign
A8VP5
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
74
Type
Cargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo
Category
Cargo
Length overall
300 m
Beam
40 m
Draught
9.6 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
HOGKONG
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
0.7 kn
Course over ground
240°
True heading
334°

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
22° 1.862' N
Longitude
114° 28.042' E
Decimal
22.03103, 114.46736
Received
13 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 PETRA's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from MSC PETRA
M/V SAZANKACargo ship3.5 nm323° NW
COSCOSHIPPING DANUBECargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo4.8 nm324° NW
AN TONG SHAN TOUUnknown5.8 nm325° NW
JIANG XIN 15Cargo ship6.4 nm322° NW
SHENG HANG HUA 3Tanker, carrying category B hazardous cargo6.7 nm314° NW
MMSI 413258080Unknown7.1 nm315° NW
MMSI 413317760Unknown7.2 nm324° NW
AN JI 9Cargo ship7.3 nm3° N
MMSI 413312050Unknown7.6 nm358° N
WANG DA 159Cargo ship7.8 nm356° N
TINA ICargo ship9.6 nm293° WNW
OOCL JAKARTACargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo10.2 nm83° E
CAPTAIN THANASIS ICargo ship10.6 nm304° NW
MSC MANYACargo ship, carrying category C hazardous cargo11.4 nm302° WNW
M EXPLORERCargo ship12.6 nm295° WNW

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