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2503

Tug & towTugUnited States of America

Position 2 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
2503
MMSI
368052440
IMO number
1225390
Call sign
WDK4159
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
15 m
Beam
10 m
Draught
Not reported

Length is the sum of the two AIS reference-point dimensions fore and aft; beam is the sum of the port and starboard pair. Both come from the vessel's own static report.

Voyage & motion

Destination
Not reported
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Not reported
Speed over ground
4.3 kn
Course over ground
327°
True heading
Not reported

Destination, ETA and navigational status are typed in on the bridge, not measured. Speed, course and heading come from the vessel's instruments.

Last known position

Latitude
29° 44.565' N
Longitude
95° 16.999' W
Decimal
29.74275, -95.28331
Received
2 h ago
Reported by ship
Not reported
Source feed
AISStream.io

This is the latest position our store holds, not a live fix. The vessel has been free to move for the whole of the age shown above.

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Only one position is held for this vessel, so no track can be drawn.

Nearby

Other vessels near this one

Everything else our snapshot holds within 25 nm of 2503's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from 2503
UAL COLOGNECargo ship0.1 nm71° ENE
UAL OSPREYCargo ship0.1 nm355° N
BERGE ANNUPURICargo ship0.2 nm149° SSE
SAN LEANDROTug0.2 nm139° SE
THE DEACONTug0.3 nm130° SE
NORD KANMONCargo ship0.4 nm326° NW
CHEM NEONTanker0.4 nm142° SE
INTELLIGENCE DIVACargo ship0.5 nm151° SSE
SAN JOSELocal vessel0.5 nm310° NW
SAM HOUSTONPassenger ship0.6 nm306° NW
ALMYROSCargo ship0.7 nm148° SSE
SCOTERCargo ship0.8 nm151° SSE
SAN PATRICIOLocal vessel0.8 nm154° SSE
JUNO AVENIRCargo ship1.1 nm150° SSE
CAPT J A MORGANLocal vessel1.2 nm155° SSE

Ranked by great-circle distance from 2503's last known fix, both taken from the same snapshot moment. Neither vessel has necessarily stayed put since — see the age shown above for how stale each position may be. Also available as JSON: /api/nearby.

What this data means

Reading this record

Everything above comes from two different AIS transmissions. Position, speed, course and heading arrive in message 1, 2 or 3, broadcast every few seconds while under way — that is why the position age above can be very small. Name, MMSI, IMO number, call sign, type and dimensions arrive in a separate static report — message 5 for a Class A transponder, message 24 for Class B — sent only around once every six minutes. A vessel can therefore show a fresh position with an old or missing static report, or the reverse.

Nothing here is estimated, interpolated, or carried over from a previous ship at the same MMSI. Where the vessel did not transmit a field, or transmitted a value the standard defines as "not available", we print “Not reported” rather than guess.

Data for this page comes from AISStream.io under Free for any use. Field meanings are explained in the reference guides. Nothing on this page is derived, estimated or filled in — where a field is empty, we print “Not reported”.