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A. OBELIX

CargoCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargoMalta

Position 10 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
A. OBELIX
MMSI
256432000
IMO number
9354674
Call sign
9HA3911
Flag state
Malta (MID 256)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
71
Type
Cargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo
Category
Cargo
Length overall
182 m
Beam
25 m
Draught
8.3 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
HNPCR
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
88°
True heading
89°

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° 36.747' N
Longitude
95° 0.468' W
Decimal
29.61245, -95.00780
Received
10 min 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 A. OBELIX's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from A. OBELIX
LIGHTNINGLocal vessel0.2 nm88° E
MAZUTug0.3 nm76° ENE
SEASPAN AMAZONCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.4 nm83° E
ATHENAUnknown0.5 nm46° NE
SEA TALESUnknown0.5 nm46° NE
ARTEMISTug0.6 nm263° W
ASHLEY ANNELocal vessel0.6 nm254° WSW
GEMINITug0.6 nm82° E
BOW OPTIMATanker, carrying category B hazardous cargo0.6 nm248° WSW
MISS LILYUnknown0.6 nm44° NE
BARBARA GTug0.7 nm273° W
CMA CGM TANCREDICargo ship0.7 nm272° W
CG29334Search and rescue vessel0.7 nm45° NE
CG29332Search and rescue vessel0.7 nm45° NE
CECIL MTug0.8 nm275° W

Ranked by great-circle distance from A. OBELIX'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”.