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ARKLOW VENUS

CargoCargo ship, no additional informationNetherlands

Position 4 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
ARKLOW VENUS
MMSI
244140578
IMO number
9772591
Call sign
PBBW
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
79
Type
Cargo ship, no additional information
Category
Cargo
Length overall
87 m
Beam
15 m
Draught
4.0 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
ANTWERPEN
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
Not reported
True heading
92°

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° 15.594' N
Longitude
4° 23.376' E
Decimal
51.25990, 4.38960
Received
4 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 ARKLOW VENUS's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from ARKLOW VENUS
ECHOOther type, no additional information0.0 nm287° WNW
TOURMALINEWing-in-ground craft0.3 nm286° WNW
SOMTRANS XXXIOther type, no additional information0.3 nm285° WNW
ZENNEDAMCargo ship, no additional information0.4 nm261° W
FLAG ALPHAUnknown0.5 nm280° W
MAC 6Other type0.5 nm235° SW
MERCATOROther type, no additional information0.5 nm219° SW
NABUCCOTanker, carrying category B hazardous cargo0.5 nm228° SW
MAC 7Tanker, no additional information0.5 nm221° SW
VARKAN MARMARATanker, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.5 nm216° SW
STOLT EFFORTTanker0.5 nm281° W
LOUISETanker0.5 nm233° SW
RAINBOWTanker, no additional information0.6 nm167° SSE
HEINRICH ESSBERGERTanker0.6 nm227° SW
ALGRIETug0.6 nm177° S

Ranked by great-circle distance from ARKLOW VENUS'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”.