FORMOSA NO.8: tug stopped near Kaohsiung

Particulars

MMSI	416000018
Call sign	BR3081
Flag	Taiwan
Vessel type	Tug
Length overall	28 m
Beam	11 m
Draught	5.5 m

From her own AIS broadcasts.

Her MMSI

416000018

The first three digits, 416, are the country code of Taiwan: an MMSI follows a ship's flag, so a new flag brings a new number.

She broadcasts no IMO number. Only larger seagoing ships are required to have one.

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 class	Class 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 reports	Under way under engine power
To the bow	15 m (A)
To the stern	13 m (B)
To the port side	5 m (C)
To the starboard side	6 m (D)
Destination as typed	TW_KHH>CPC BOUY.3What the crew entered; the Voyage card turns it into a port.
On the map since	15 Nov 2026, 00:39 UTC

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

From her own AIS broadcasts as the feed delivers them.

Where she is

Position	22.4713° N, 120.2922° E
Speed	Stopped, 0.2 knots
Local time

Voyage

From: Kaohsiung, TaiwanStopped here now
To: TW_KHH>CPC BOUY.3As broadcast
ETA: 1 Jan 00:01 UTC

Ships near her

Ship	Kind	Length	Distance
🇱🇷VL PRIME	Tanker	333 m	0.1 nm
🇹🇼KMSC NO.451	Tug	37 m	0.2 nm
🇹🇼DAH LIN NO.9	Towing vessel	36 m	0.4 nm
🇹🇼AN CHARNG NO2	Fishing vessel		1.2 nm
🇹🇼SHIN FA TSAIR NO.1	Fishing vessel	12 m	2.5 nm
🇹🇼SHUENN SHENQ NO.9	Fishing vessel	26 m	2.8 nm
🇲🇭OCEAN VICTORY	Cargo ship	170 m	2.9 nm
🇹🇼FWU CHANG NO16	Fishing vessel		3.0 nm

FORMOSA NO.8