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ALBATROS

PassengerPassenger shipBelgium

Position 39 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
ALBATROS
MMSI
205033000
IMO number
8134168
Call sign
ORRF
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
60
Type
Passenger ship
Category
Passenger
Length overall
33 m
Beam
7 m
Draught
3.8 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
CSTEND
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
1.9 kn
Course over ground
250°
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
51° 26.300' N
Longitude
2° 51.568' E
Decimal
51.43834, 2.85947
Received
39 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 ALBATROS's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from ALBATROS
MMSI 672515432Unknown2.4 nm122° ESE
MIDDELBURGDredger or underwater operations2.7 nm174° S
MORNING LIGHTUnknown4.7 nm74° ENE
SEFARINATanker5.1 nm152° SSE
LIVERPOOL EXPRESSCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo5.4 nm127° SE
SYN ANTARESTanker, carrying category D hazardous cargo6.1 nm115° ESE
AMANDINECargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo6.5 nm69° ENE
RCC ANTWERPCargo ship, no additional information6.8 nm299° WNW
WANDELAAR PILOTPilot vessel6.9 nm230° SW
HOEGH AUSTRALISCargo ship6.9 nm286° WNW
ANTHEA LUNAHigh-speed craft7.1 nm22° NNE
MULTRASALVOR 4Tug7.1 nm232° SW
BWEK TAHITITanker, no additional information7.3 nm264° W
WESTERSCHELDE PILOTPilot vessel7.5 nm229° SW
GOLDEN FRISCargo ship7.5 nm268° W

Ranked by great-circle distance from ALBATROS'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”.