BRANDON JOHN — Tug · IMO 8987539

BRANDON JOHN is currently under way in the Gulf of Mexico. It is sailing from BERWICK to LAKE CHARLES with an ETA of 31 Oct 2026, 18:48 UTC. Its exact coordinates, speed and ETA are shown at the top of this page and refresh from the latest AIS broadcast.

BRANDON JOHN broadcasts MMSI 367430850 and is registered as IMO 8987539, with call sign WDF2697. The MMSI is the radio identifier used by AIS; the IMO number stays with the ship for life and does not change with re-flagging or sale.

BRANDON JOHN is classified as a tug vessel registered under the US flag. The vessel-type classification is derived from the AIS Type field broadcast by the ship's transponder; full tug fleet at /vessel-type/tug-pilot-vessel and full US flag list at /flag/us.

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AIS transponders broadcast position every 2 seconds when underway at high speed and up to every 3 minutes at anchor. The position you see refreshes whenever the ship is in range of a coastal AIS receiver or a satellite pass — typically seconds in coastal waters and minutes offshore.

As a tug, BRANDON JOHN sits in the same design class as the other tugs listed in the Similar Vessels section of the vessel page, or in the full tug directory at /vessel-type/tug-pilot-vessel. BRANDON JOHN has a gross tonnage of 179 GT.