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Bright Sky

General cargo ship · Marshall Islands · built 2013 · AIS Class A

IMO9465435MMSI538090453Call signV7ZQ6Last AIS position Oct 2, 2026, 03:39 UTC

In short

Bright Sky (General cargo ship, Marshall Islands flag) was last seen on AIS on , under way at 17.2 kn, in the South Atlantic Ocean. Voydar has no more recent AIS position for this ship. Its current location cannot be established from this report. Its crew-entered AIS destination is MZ MPM (Maputo), with an ETA of Oct 5, 2026, 16:00 UTC; its reported draught is 10 m (voyage report via AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS, received Oct 2, 2026, 01:24 UTC). ISM manager: Vineta Bereederungsgesellschaft mbH (source: EU MRV (THETIS-MRV) emissions, reporting years 2024–2025).

Current voyage: from Cape Town (departed Oct 2, 2026, 00:59 UTC) to MZ MPM (Maputo)

Year built
2013
Gross tonnage
30,469
Size (length × beam)
200 m × 31 m

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Photo: Wolfgang Fricke · Licence: CC BY 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Last reported position

received
Position
34.5128° S, 18.5429° E
Area
South Atlantic Ocean
StatusWhat do AIS statuses mean?
Under way using engine
Speed
17.2 kn
Course
118°
Heading
117°
34.5128° S, 18.5429° E
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Last 30 days: 1 port call (Cape Town).

Port calls are detected by Voydar from AIS (at least 30 minutes slow inside a harbour area); see Port calls below.

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Identity & particulars

Name
Bright Sky
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
9465435
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?
538090453
Call signWhat is a call sign?
V7ZQ6
AIS ship type
Cargo
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight
30,469
Length overall
200 m
Beam
30.6 m
Year built
2013

A tag next to a value names the register that supplied it (hover or tap it for the record and date). Values without a tag come from the ship's own AIS broadcasts or from Wikidata. Position and identity are derived live from AIS.

Ownership & management

Each line shows where the fact comes from. Links backed by an identifier point to the company page.

ISM manager
Source: EU MRV (THETIS-MRV) emissions · reporting years 2024–2025 · reported · confidence 0.9 · retrieved Sep 28, 2026
Builder
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026

Timeline

Dated events for this ship from every source Voydar holds, newest first. Each line names its source; derived items say how they were derived.

DateEventSource
Left Cape TownAIS-detectedVoydar port-call detector (AIS geofence)
Arrived at Cape TownAIS-detectedVoydar port-call detector (AIS geofence)

Owner, operator and manager changes found by comparing yearly EU MRV reports are dated to the reporting year ("during 2025"), not to a day. Port calls here are the most recent only; the full lists are further down.

Emissions & fuel consumption

Independently verified annual figures reported under the EU MRV regulation — public environmental data the incumbents don't surface.

YearCO₂ emittedFuel burnedTime at seaCO₂ / n mile
201820,118 t6,431 t172 days370 kg
201918,014 t5,752 t166 days357 kg
202019,704 t6,297 t172 days359 kg
202117,306 t5,529 t163 days345 kg
202217,431 t5,571 t162 days356 kg
202316,925 t5,411 t152 days352 kg
202414,939 t4,787 t165 days308 kg
202515,762 t5,038 t161 days325 kg

Technical efficiency: Not Applicable. Source: European Commission / EMSA THETIS-MRV (EU Regulation 2015/757). Covers voyages to, from and within the EU/EEA.

Port calls

Two kinds of evidence, kept apart: calls Voydar detected from the ship's AIS positions, and arrivals and departures published by port authorities and customs records.

Detected from AIS AIS-detected

PortArrivedDepartedTime in port
Cape Town ZACPTSep 29, 2026, 07:51 UTCOct 2, 2026, 00:59 UTC2 d 17 h

Detected by Voydar when the ship's AIS positions stayed slow inside a harbour area. Calls shorter than 30 minutes are not shown. Depends on AIS reception; detection started on June 8, 2026.

Behaviour at sea Voydar-derived

Patterns Voydar derived from this ship's AIS broadcasts. They are inferences, not reports: each one shows how it was computed and how confident we are, and none of them says why a ship behaved this way.

WhenWhat we observedConfidence
Oct 1, 2026, 22:30 UTC
Draught change

Reported draught went from 10.8 m to 10 m while in port at Cape Town. Voydar infers the ship probably discharged cargo.

Method seadar.behaviour.draught_change v1

Medium (65%)

Source: AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS. AIS data: AISstream.io. Licence: none published.

Derived from AIS positions of feeds whose terms allow display on Voydar. Coverage is terrestrial: gaps are reported only where our receivers kept hearing other ships. Detections below medium confidence are not shown.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Bright Sky now?
Bright Sky (General cargo ship, Marshall Islands flag) was last seen on AIS on Oct 2, 2026, 03:39 UTC, under way at 17.2 kn, in the South Atlantic Ocean. Voydar has no more recent AIS position for this ship. Its current location cannot be established from this report. The crew-entered destination was MZ MPM (voyage report via AISstream.io global terrestrial AIS, received Oct 2, 2026, 01:24 UTC). This report does not confirm the ship’s current route.
What kind of ship is Bright Sky?
Bright Sky is a general cargo ship sailing under the flag of Marshall Islands, built in 2013 by Qingshan Shipyard. The vessel is 200 m long with a beam of 30.6 m and has a gross tonnage of 30,469.
Who is recorded as the owner or manager of Bright Sky?
Vineta Bereederungsgesellschaft mbH is recorded as ISM manager for Bright Sky (source: EU MRV (THETIS-MRV) emissions; reporting years 2024–2025). This source record does not independently confirm today’s ownership or management.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Bright Sky?
Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Bright Sky from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for Bright Sky. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

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