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BELGICA

OtherOther type, no additional informationBelgium

Position 4 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
BELGICA
MMSI
205130000
IMO number
9871294
Call sign
ORCO
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
99
Type
Other type, no additional information
Category
Other
Length overall
72 m
Beam
17 m
Draught
4.8 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
IJSMUIDEN
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Restricted manoeuvrability
Speed over ground
6.0 kn
Course over ground
178°
True heading
178°

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
52° 33.286' N
Longitude
4° 4.034' E
Decimal
52.55476, 4.06724
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 BELGICA's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from BELGICA
SILVER DANIAUnknown4.7 nm355° N
FURE VITENUnknown5.2 nm118° ESE
BOMAR VENUSTanker, no additional information5.7 nm162° SSE
SCARLATTITanker, carrying category B hazardous cargo5.8 nm168° SSE
ELISABETHTanker5.9 nm100° E
TORM ANABELTanker5.9 nm179° S
GUARDIANLaw enforcement vessel5.9 nm153° SSE
MINEL VARDALTanker, no additional information6.0 nm157° SSE
SCANDICTanker, no additional information6.0 nm104° ESE
COLORADO STARTanker, no additional information6.2 nm164° SSE
VERTOM TOMMACargo ship6.2 nm284° WNW
RIX VENTACargo ship6.2 nm189° S
ANNETTE ESSBERGERTanker6.4 nm156° SSE
Q10-A PLATFORMUnknown6.5 nm123° ESE
SILVER GI AHQS(0SEP,Cargo ship, no additional information6.5 nm132° SE

Ranked by great-circle distance from BELGICA'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”.