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ABERDEEN

CargoCargo shipMadeira

Position 3 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
ABERDEEN
MMSI
255916071
IMO number
9313723
Call sign
CQ2500
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
90 m
Beam
13 m
Draught
3.0 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
ESGIJ
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
10.0 kn
Course over ground
248°
True heading
245°

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
54° 41.697' N
Longitude
5° 46.284' W
Decimal
54.69495, -5.77140
Received
3 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 ABERDEEN's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from ABERDEEN
PILOT BOAT HIBERNIAPilot vessel0.1 nm81° E
STENA SUPERFAST VIIPassenger ship0.6 nm221° SW
JAN LEEGHWATERDredger or underwater operations0.9 nm64° ENE
MMSI 232035531Unknown1.6 nm308° NW
BIG GSailing vessel1.7 nm303° WNW
THUNDERBIRD 2Unknown1.7 nm301° WNW
LYSITHEAUnknown1.7 nm303° WNW
MOONFLEETUnknown1.8 nm302° WNW
MMSI 235024435Unknown1.8 nm302° WNW
QUEEN OF ULSTERHigh-speed craft3.9 nm117° ESE
TOUCAN 6Unknown3.9 nm117° ESE
MMSI 235067709Unknown3.9 nm117° ESE
HARRIET GRACEUnknown3.9 nm118° ESE
MMSI 232059884Unknown3.9 nm118° ESE
MMSI 232025008Unknown3.9 nm117° ESE

Ranked by great-circle distance from ABERDEEN'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”.