Posted On: 05/27/2013 10:19:10 PM

Post# of 8059

Posted By: microcaps

Re: microcaps #4107

The coordinates info is now reportedly 5 days 15 hrs old- 146* longitude is the approx longitude of Cordova and Fairbanks Alaska- Anchorage is 149* longitude and the ship at this point was approx 1000 miles west of Canada coast at a latitude of ca 50 miles N of USA/Canada border-

I'm familiar with Brit Columbia and lower Alaska coast and there are no major ports except maybe Rupert (and ship was never close to coast there) there until you get to Seward,Alaska, which is 60* N lat-which is ca 2050 miles N of Ningbo

as we've said that route is so far out of the way of any route from Ensenada to mid China Ningbo at 29.8* N it doesnt make any sense-even any Japanese port that might receive iron wouldnt be much farther N than 40* N lat- Japan mainland ends at 45* N

and the most N China port is ca 43* N lat

the series of coordinates, if course continues in same direction, lead to Alaskan peninsula between the towns of Unalaska and Kodiak/Kodiak island- the US military is reputed to have VAST amounts of secret installations somewhere in Alaska- thats the only customer I could see up there with a hidden underground steel plant

the other info we've had all points to a straight ENSENADA TO NINGBO voyage, Destination: NINGBO
ETA: 2013-06-11 21:01, which makes all these coordinates highly suspect

Are there any steel plants in the Anchorage area?

ILIA

Vessel's Details

Ship Type: Bulk carrier
Year Built: 2011
Length x Breadth: 229 m X 32 m
Gross Tonnage: 44027, DeadWeight: 80256 t
Speed recorded (Max / Average): 11.3 / 10.4 knots
Flag: Panama [PA]

Call Sign: 3FSB9
IMO: 9577460, MMSI: 351427000

Last Position Received

Area: Pacific North
Latitude / Longitude: 49.7003° / -146.2596° (Map)
Speed/Course 6.5 knots / 335?
Last Known Port: LONG BEACH
Info Received: 5d 15h 25min ago (AIS Source: -2)
Not Currently in Range
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