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AURORA CHALLENGER

Tug & towTugNorway

Position 3 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
AURORA CHALLENGER
MMSI
258286000
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
Not reported
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
Not reported
Beam
Not reported
Draught
Not reported

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
Not reported
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Restricted manoeuvrability
Speed over ground
2.9 kn
Course over ground
213°
True heading
207°

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° 47.547' N
Longitude
3° 15.254' E
Decimal
51.79245, 3.25423
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 AURORA CHALLENGER's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from AURORA CHALLENGER
JB-114Other type, no additional information0.1 nm31° NNE
FAIRPLAY-27Tug0.5 nm8° N
VB BRENTTug0.9 nm31° NNE
SOLEROTanker2.5 nm95° E
GSL CHATEAU D'IFCargo ship, no additional information2.7 nm327° NNW
SUPERIORITYTanker, no additional information2.7 nm106° ESE
PRELUDETanker, no additional information2.8 nm82° E
WILSON GRIPCargo ship, no additional information2.9 nm70° ENE
ARKLOW RESOLVECargo ship, no additional information3.1 nm106° ESE
EMILIECargo ship, no additional information3.1 nm21° NNE
KERDACargo ship3.2 nm114° ESE
SLOMAN HERAKLESTanker3.2 nm95° E
DALMORETanker, carrying category B hazardous cargo3.5 nm64° ENE
LITACargo ship3.6 nm101° E
PACIFICOTanker3.7 nm74° ENE

Ranked by great-circle distance from AURORA CHALLENGER'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”.