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BENTHIC SURVEYOR

OtherOther typeUnited Kingdom

Position 2 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
BENTHIC SURVEYOR
MMSI
235004240
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
ZIQN2
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
90
Type
Other type
Category
Other
Length overall
18 m
Beam
7 m
Draught
1.2 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
NORTHBAY
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
249°
True heading
94°

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
57° 20.925' N
Longitude
6° 5.042' W
Decimal
57.34875, -6.08404
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 BENTHIC SURVEYOR's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from BENTHIC SURVEYOR
HALLAIGPassenger ship0.0 nm31° NNE
MOWI STORRCargo ship3.2 nm156° SSE
BRADAN MORUnknown3.2 nm156° SSE
LADY GAELUnknown6.4 nm122° ESE
MULTI OCEANCargo ship, no additional information6.6 nm124° SE
RONJA SKYECargo ship6.6 nm124° SE
IEVOLI BLACKTug10.7 nm111° ESE
WILSON GHENTCargo ship11.0 nm111° ESE
JAMIAIN BRD 120Unknown12.5 nm111° ESE
CARLYCargo ship12.8 nm109° ESE
SD RAASAYUnknown12.9 nm109° ESE
SD MOORHENDiving operations12.9 nm109° ESE
SD TAMAR SPIRITPilot vessel12.9 nm109° ESE
SD MOORFOWLDiving operations12.9 nm109° ESE
SD KYLE OF LOCHALSHUnknown12.9 nm109° ESE

Ranked by great-circle distance from BENTHIC SURVEYOR'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”.