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Bryan Lewis
MSC RANIA VIII
Photo: from the house

One-time visitor

MSC RANIA VIII

Cyprus · container ship · 332 m

A 332 m container ship, called here once, in October 2026.

Next port: New York, Sat Oct 17, about 9 pm

Her race record at I Like Big Boats

How often we see her

First time we've seen her, on Oct 15. We can't say when she'll be back: one sighting is no pattern.

MSC RANIA VIII was seen on 1 day since Oct 1, 2026, most recently Oct 15, 2026. We were not recording from Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026.

  • Oct 15, 2026

Where she's been

  • Charleston, SC · in port Oct 15 · 65 samples

From shore receivers' AIS samples: volunteer networks, our own antenna and NOAA's archive. A port call means she was heard stopped there; ocean passages are not heard, and the times are bounds, not events.

In the window

One-time visitor · seen on 1 day · first seen Oct 2026 · last seen Oct 2026 · speed past the window 10.7 kn · broadcasts as destination Port of Charleston

Backstory, spoken

Nothing recorded yet.

Backstory, written

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0 seen · 1 inbound · 1 outbound · dwell 18.9h · draught 11.0m in / 11.7m out

Passages (2)
WhenDirectionDraughtStatus
Oct 15, 2026, 8:49 PMoutbound11.7 m (38 ft)missed
Oct 15, 2026, 1:57 AMinbound11.0 m (36 ft)captured

Sightings come from the national AIS record through Jun 30, 2026, then our own window receiver from Sep 29, 2026. Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026 was not recorded.