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TOPAZ COMMANDER

CargoCargo ship (reserved code 78)Marshall Islands

Position 11 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
TOPAZ COMMANDER
MMSI
538006537
IMO number
9194294
Call sign
V7OD9
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
78
Type
Cargo ship (reserved code 78)
Category
Cargo
Length overall
94 m
Beam
24 m
Draught
5.1 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
ONNE(NIG)
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
7°
True heading
238°

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
4° 41.680' N
Longitude
7° 10.522' E
Decimal
4.69466, 7.17537
Received
11 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 TOPAZ COMMANDER's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from TOPAZ COMMANDER
AURORA SAPPHIREOther type, no additional information0.0 nm333° NNW
ALI MCargo ship0.1 nm40° NE
AMETRINE VALOROther type0.2 nm61° ENE
IGM VENTUREOther type0.2 nm57° ENE
ANGEL JACQUELINEOther type (reserved code 98)0.2 nm53° NE
TMC PROVIDENCECargo ship0.3 nm264° W
TMC BUTEOSPassenger ship0.4 nm271° W
PRINCE JAMESON 1Other type, no additional information0.4 nm269° W
TMC PHOENIXPassenger ship0.4 nm271° W
MV KARISOther type0.5 nm273° W
TMC ANGELMilitary operations0.6 nm262° W
LAHAMAOther type, no additional information0.6 nm274° W
TMC HAWKMilitary operations0.6 nm262° W
DRAGON STONETanker0.6 nm274° W
ENEOVAITug0.7 nm261° W

Ranked by great-circle distance from TOPAZ COMMANDER'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”.