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HENG MAO

🇭🇰 Hong Kong, cargo ship

Under way at 10.3 knots, 22 nm from Goudiniweg, South Africa.Last report .

MMSI 477351200IMO 9516492Call sign VRIC9

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Particulars

MMSI477351200
IMO number9516492
Call signVRIC9
FlagHong Kong
Vessel typeCargo ship
Length overall300 m
Beam50 m
Draught18.3 m

From her own AIS broadcasts.

Her MMSI

477351200

The first three digits, 477, are the country code of Hong Kong: an MMSI follows a ship's flag, so a new flag brings a new number.

Her IMO number, 9516492, 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 bow262 m (A)
To the stern38 m (B)
To the port side20 m (C)
To the starboard side30 m (D)
Destination as typedCN QINGDAOWhat 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.

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Where she is

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Position34.7983° S, 18.9519° E
Speed10.3 knots
Course103°

Voyage

To
Qingdao, ChinaAbout 7,074 nm away in a straight line
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