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ALEX MCALLISTER

Tug & towTugUnited States of America

Position 3 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
ALEX MCALLISTER
MMSI
367551340
IMO number
8601159
Call sign
WDG5889
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
29 m
Beam
8 m
Draught
3.9 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
US^0MEE>0YEC
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
3.4 kn
Course over ground
236°
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
40° 40.877' N
Longitude
74° 1.198' W
Decimal
40.68129, -74.01997
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 ALEX MCALLISTER's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from ALEX MCALLISTER
MARJORIE B MCALLISTETug0.0 nm110° ESE
GRANDE DAKARCargo ship0.0 nm65° ENE
NYPD 454Law enforcement vessel0.5 nm77° ENE
FRIENDSHIP EXPRESSPassenger ship0.6 nm186° S
FRANKLIN REINAUERUnknown0.7 nm170° S
FRANK SINATRAPassenger ship0.7 nm155° SSE
DACE REINAUERLocal vessel0.8 nm170° S
PORT IMPERIAL MANHATPassenger ship0.8 nm16° NNE
ASHAUnknown0.9 nm344° NNW
PATRIOT LEADERHigh-speed craft0.9 nm54° NE
BROOKLYNTowing vessel0.9 nm233° SW
OPPORTUNITYPassenger ship0.9 nm319° NW
SOLO SAILOR #879Unknown0.9 nm302° WNW
DIONYSUSUnknown1.0 nm312° NW
FORGET ME KNOTPassenger ship, no additional information1.0 nm21° NNE

Ranked by great-circle distance from ALEX MCALLISTER'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”.