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BOW ORION

🇳🇴 Norway, tanker

Under way at 10.4 knots near Galveston, United States.Last report .

MMSI 257453000IMO 9818515Call sign LAFX8

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Particulars

MMSI257453000
IMO number9818515
Call signLAFX8
FlagNorway
Vessel typeTanker
Length overall183 m
Beam32 m
Draught12 m

From her own AIS broadcasts.

Her MMSI

257453000

The first three digits, 257, are the country code of Norway: an MMSI follows a ship's flag, so a new flag brings a new number.

Her IMO number, 9818515, stays with the hull for life.

Her AIS details

AIS is the radio signal a ship sends so that other ships can see her. This is what her signal tells us.

Seen from above, bow to the right, so port is the upper side. The ring is her GPS aerial, where her crew or installer said it sits. Shiptrail draws the aerial's position, not the middle of the ship.
AIS classClass AWorked out, not reported: only Class A transponders send a status, and she sends one. Class A is the full-strength kind that large cargo and passenger ships must carry.
Status she reportsUnder way under engine power
To the bow151 m (A)
To the stern32 m (B)
To the port side20 m (C)
To the starboard side12 m (D)
Destination as typedPACTBWhat the crew entered; the Voyage card turns it into a port.
Heard fromAISStream
On the map since

A, B, C and D are AIS's own names for these four distances.

From her own AIS broadcasts as the feed delivers them.

Ships near her

Where she is

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Position29.4028° N, 94.8198° W
Speed10.4 knots
Course156°

Voyage

From
Corpus Christi, United StatesDeparted (inferred)
To
Cristóbal, PanamaAbout 1,467 nm away in a straight line
ETA
Corpus ChristiCristóbal