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XIN HUA

CargoCargo shipLiberia

Position 2 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
XIN HUA
MMSI
636020253
IMO number
9374052
Call sign
D5YI8
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
300 m
Beam
50 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
BOFFA
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
9.4 kn
Course over ground
115°
True heading
111°

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° 48.366' S
Longitude
19° 20.228' E
Decimal
-34.80610, 19.33714
Received
2 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 XIN HUA's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from XIN HUA
XANTHICargo ship2.9 nm189° S
WINNING FAITHCargo ship3.6 nm150° SSE
FOMENTO FOURCargo ship8.2 nm206° SSW
REBECCACargo ship11.2 nm211° SSW
QUEEN BEECargo ship12.0 nm196° SSW
SOYOTanker12.7 nm234° SW
CHAR-NEILUnknown13.2 nm1° N
WAFRAFishing vessel13.2 nm1° N
STORMGANSFishing vessel13.2 nm1° N
WILDEGANS IIFishing vessel13.2 nm1° N
RIETGANS IIFishing vessel13.2 nm1° N
KOLGANSUnknown13.2 nm1° N
BERGGANSFishing vessel13.2 nm1° N
HMM GOODWILLCargo ship13.2 nm297° WNW
HESKOUnknown13.3 nm1° N

Ranked by great-circle distance from XIN HUA'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”.