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CSB HERALD

🇭🇰 Hong Kong, cargo ship

Under way at 10.1 knots, 21 nm from Goudiniweg, South Africa.Last report .

MMSI 477947300IMO 9493107Call sign VRKQ6

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Particulars

MMSI477947300
IMO number9493107
Call signVRKQ6
FlagHong Kong
Vessel typeCargo ship
Length overall330 m
Beam57 m
Draught22.4 m

From her own AIS broadcasts.

Her MMSI

477947300

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, 9493107, 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 bow282 m (A)
To the stern48 m (B)
To the port side25 m (C)
To the starboard side32 m (D)
Destination as typedCN DJKWhat 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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Position34.9395° S, 19.2044° E
Speed10.1 knots
Course104°

Voyage

To
Dongjiangkou, ChinaAbout 7,031 nm away in a straight line
ETA