Lapsed
BBC AFRICA
AG · container ship · 119 m
A 119 m container ship, called here once in our last year of watching; last seen December 2025.
When she comes back
Called here once in our last year of watching. Last seen Dec 13, 2025. Expected back around Jan 17, 2028 (Jun 12 – Jun 29), about 15 months from now.
Based on how often we've seen hermedium confidence
BBC AFRICA has not been seen since Aug 1, 2026. Expected back between Jun 12, 2027 and Jun 29, 2032, best guess Jan 17, 2028. We were not recording from Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026.
Where she's been
- Houston, TX · in port Oct 6 to Oct 8 · 8 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.
Her particulars
Build
- Built
- 2006, Tianjin Xingang Shipyard
Size
- Length overall
- 119.8 m (393 ft)
- Beam
- 20.2 m (66 ft)
- Depth
- 9.8 m (32 ft)
- Design draught
- 7.6 m (25 ft)
Capacity
- Gross tonnage
- 7,002
- Net tonnage
- 3,375
- Deadweight
- 7,531 t
- Containers
- 614 TEU
Registry and management
- IMO number
- 9362621
- Call sign
- V2BO7
- Flag
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Registered owner
- Winter MPP GmbH & Co. KG
- Manager
- Reedereiverwaltung Heino Winter GmbH & Co. KG
- P&I club
- Gard
- Class
- DNV
- Ice class
- IC
In 2025 she reported 4,489 tonnes of CO₂ from 1,434 tonnes of fuel over 26,054 nautical miles on voyages to, from and between European ports.
In the window
Lapsed · seen on 6 days across 3 years · first seen Sep 2021 · last seen Dec 2025 · visits a year about 2 · busiest months Mar, Sep, Dec · usual stay about 2 days · speed past the window 12.2 kn · liner service TMS HEAVY LIFT
Records
Observed top speed 15.2 kn · off Charleston, SC · 10 Mar 2024 · national archive 2021-25
Backstory, spoken
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6 seen · 3 inbound · 3 outbound · dwell 42.9h · draught 6.5m in / 7.2m out
Passages (6)
| When | Direction | Draught | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 2025, 6:11 AM | outbound | 6.5 m (21 ft) | — |
| Dec 10, 2025, 5:32 PM | inbound | 6.5 m (21 ft) | — |
| Mar 10, 2024, 10:35 AM | outbound | 7.2 m (24 ft) | — |
| Mar 8, 2024, 2:41 PM | inbound | 5.4 m (18 ft) | — |
| Sep 27, 2021, 6:29 PM | outbound | 7.6 m (25 ft) | — |
| Sep 26, 2021, 10:17 PM | inbound | 7.6 m (25 ft) | — |
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.