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ALPHARD

Tug & towTugBrazil

Position 2 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
ALPHARD
MMSI
710008780
IMO number
9573206
Call sign
PQ3026
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
24 m
Beam
10 m
Draught
5.9 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
SANTOS SP
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
305°
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
23° 56.009' S
Longitude
46° 19.042' W
Decimal
-23.93349, -46.31737
Received
2 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 ALPHARD's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from ALPHARD
HAM 316Dredger or underwater operations0.1 nm329° NNW
FAITHCargo ship0.2 nm110° ESE
GOOD WISHCargo ship0.2 nm117° ESE
SVITZER CASSINOTug0.3 nm286° WNW
MMSI 720001258Pleasure craft0.4 nm54° NE
MBT RHINOUnknown0.4 nm142° SE
SC 60Unknown0.4 nm144° SE
AROSACargo ship0.4 nm143° SE
PILOT BOAT IIIUnknown0.4 nm19° NNE
SM VITORIAUnknown0.4 nm52° NE
LOCARXIIITug0.5 nm307° NW
GOVERNADOR FLEURYUnknown0.5 nm120° ESE
C FALCAOUnknown0.5 nm26° NNE
CSPC TAURUSCargo ship0.5 nm25° NNE
MAERSK MONTE AZULCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.5 nm2° N

Ranked by great-circle distance from ALPHARD'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”.