ShiptrailLive map

MAERSK BENGUELA

🇭🇰 Hong Kong, cargo ship

Under way at 7.9 knots near Alderney, Guernsey.Last report .

MMSI 477552400IMO 9355367Call sign VRLA3

Follow her on the live map
Illustration, not a photo. Have one? Add it to Wikimedia Commons.

Particulars

MMSI477552400
IMO number9355367
Call signVRLA3
FlagHong Kong
Vessel typeCargo ship
Length overall223 m
Beam32 m
Draught12 m

From her own AIS broadcasts.

Her MMSI

477552400

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, 9355367, 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.

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
Where her aerial sitsNot reportedAIS lets a ship say where her aerial is on her hull; she has not.
Destination as typedCOSMR>GBSOUWhat the crew entered; the Voyage card turns it into a port.
Heard fromAISStream
On the map since

From her own AIS broadcasts as the feed delivers them.

Ships near her

Where she is

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO

Position49.9384° N, 2.3395° W
Speed7.9 knots
Course74°

Voyage

To
Southampton, United KingdomAbout 68 nm away in a straight line
ETA