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TAURUS

Tug & towTugRussia

Position 6 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
TAURUS
MMSI
273376520
IMO number
8027793
Call sign
UBMM8
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
30 m
Beam
10 m
Draught
4.0 m

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
RU USL
ETA
21 Aug, 20:00 UTC
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
20°
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
59° 45.385' N
Longitude
28° 25.718' E
Decimal
59.75642, 28.42863
Received
6 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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Track drawn from 145 stored position reports, oldest first. Gaps in the line are gaps in reception, not evidence that the vessel stopped.

Nearby

Other vessels near this one

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

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from TAURUS
SIDRIANCargo ship0.5 nm21° NNE
BALU 6Tanker0.8 nm333° NNW
IKARIA ANGELCargo ship1.2 nm171° S
VIVA GLOBUSCargo ship1.6 nm331° NNW
AVIORTanker, no additional information2.7 nm341° NNW
PROMETEIUnknown4.0 nm347° NNW
XINGHAICargo ship5.0 nm356° N
GLOBE TRINCOCargo ship5.1 nm349° N
SENTOSA 66Cargo ship5.7 nm350° N
BREEZETanker, no additional information5.7 nm357° N
MONTSERRATCargo ship6.1 nm357° N
BORETICargo ship, no additional information6.1 nm360° N
LIANG YUANCargo ship6.2 nm351° N
TIRALTanker, no additional information6.6 nm2° N
HANNAHCargo ship6.8 nm352° N

Ranked by great-circle distance from TAURUS'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”.