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MSC TIANJIN

CargoCargo ship, carrying category B hazardous cargoLiberia

Position 3 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
MSC TIANJIN
MMSI
636019332
IMO number
9285471
Call sign
D5UA6
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
72
Type
Cargo ship, carrying category B hazardous cargo
Category
Cargo
Length overall
323 m
Beam
43 m
Draught
11.1 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
USORF-USBAL
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
3.7 kn
Course over ground
62°
True heading
51°

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
26° 31.420' N
Longitude
78° 46.037' W
Decimal
26.52367, -78.76728
Received
3 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 TIANJIN's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from MSC TIANJIN
BLUE PIONEEROther type0.1 nm157° SSE
SD JUNKANOOTug0.1 nm158° SSE
RT BLACKBEARDTug0.2 nm217° SW
MSC BARCELONA VICargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.2 nm264° W
SD CALYPSOTug0.2 nm214° SW
BRUCE MAILCargo ship0.2 nm191° S
TORM ASLAUGTanker0.3 nm262° W
RT RAPTORTug0.3 nm240° WSW

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