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ATLANTIC SUN

CargoCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargoMalta

Position 41 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
ATLANTIC SUN
MMSI
215801000
IMO number
9670614
Call sign
9HA5292
Flag state
Malta (MID 215)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
71
Type
Cargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo
Category
Cargo
Length overall
295 m
Beam
37 m
Draught
11.0 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
GBLIV>CAHAL
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
16.5 kn
Course over ground
86°
True heading
85°

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
49° 41.948' N
Longitude
5° 34.020' W
Decimal
49.69913, -5.56700
Received
41 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 ATLANTIC SUN's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from ATLANTIC SUN
MAERSK MONTE VERDECargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo1.9 nm158° SSE
COASTAL VANGUARDTug11.6 nm342° NNW
ARMORIQUEPassenger ship, no additional information13.1 nm335° NNW
LOUISA N PZ101Fishing vessel13.1 nm180° S
THUN LUNDYTanker14.7 nm357° N
HAV ECOTRADER 2Cargo ship15.1 nm23° NNE
GENOA EXPRESSCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo15.2 nm283° WNW
CELEBRITYCargo ship16.0 nm6° N
F/V SEMILLANTEFishing vessel17.2 nm101° E
ARDMORE DEFENDERTanker17.3 nm314° NW
JSP SAMSOECargo ship, no additional information19.0 nm72° ENE
GV DILIGENTOther type19.5 nm148° SSE
GOLDEN DAISYTanker20.1 nm83° E
SEA TOPAZTanker20.4 nm172° S
LUCIA BCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo20.9 nm324° NW

Ranked by great-circle distance from ATLANTIC SUN'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”.