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NISSHO MARU NO.8

CargoCargo shipJapan

Position 5 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
NISSHO MARU NO.8
MMSI
431007327
IMO number
9781231
Call sign
JD3983
Flag state
Japan (MID 431)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
74 m
Beam
12 m
Draught
4.8 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
>JP UKB
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
12.2 kn
Course over ground
58°
True heading
59°

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
34° 8.437' N
Longitude
133° 8.377' E
Decimal
34.14062, 133.13961
Received
5 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 NISSHO MARU NO.8's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from NISSHO MARU NO.8
NANSEIMARUTanker0.1 nm320° NW
TOHSHU MARUTanker0.1 nm324° NW
NO8.FUKIMARUUnknown0.5 nm242° WSW
SHINKYOUWA MARUTanker0.5 nm42° NE
SHINKOMARU NO25Unknown0.7 nm240° WSW
FUKUSHO MARUCargo ship0.8 nm243° WSW
YUHO MARU NO.32Tanker0.9 nm326° NW
ICHIKACargo ship1.0 nm46° NE
ASAHIMARU NO.3Unknown1.0 nm250° WSW
AIKOU MARUTanker1.7 nm32° NNE
BIZEN MARUTanker1.7 nm241° WSW
RYOEI MARUTanker1.8 nm239° WSW
SHINYOMARU NO.2Cargo ship1.9 nm244° WSW
TENOUCargo ship1.9 nm239° WSW
FERRY OSAKA IIPassenger ship2.4 nm55° NE

Ranked by great-circle distance from NISSHO MARU NO.8'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”.