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BIRKA GOTLAND

PassengerPassenger shipSweden

Position 27 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
BIRKA GOTLAND
MMSI
266314000
IMO number
9273727
Call sign
SIJW
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
60
Type
Passenger ship
Category
Passenger
Length overall
177 m
Beam
28 m
Draught
6.5 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
SESTO<>FIMHQ
ETA
22 Oct, 12:30 UTC
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
204°
True heading
292°

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
59° 19.003' N
Longitude
18° 5.785' E
Decimal
59.31672, 18.09642
Received
27 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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Track drawn from 200 stored position reports, oldest first. Gaps in the line are gaps in reception, not evidence that the vessel stopped.

Nearby

Other vessels near this one

Everything else our snapshot holds within 25 nm of BIRKA GOTLAND's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from BIRKA GOTLAND
VIKING CINDERELLAPassenger ship0.1 nm288° WNW
FREDRIKAPassenger ship0.2 nm22° NNE
TAKE A CHANCE ON MEUnknown0.2 nm89° E
ECHOUnknown0.2 nm52° NE
FENIX FIRE/SARSearch and rescue vessel0.3 nm36° NE
STORSKARPassenger ship0.3 nm35° NE
TRE KRONOR STOCKHOLMSailing vessel0.3 nm330° NNW
MARIEFREDUnknown0.3 nm45° NE
ORJANUnknown0.3 nm141° SE
ELLENSailing vessel0.3 nm44° NE
SKARPOPassenger ship0.4 nm38° NE
SOFIAPassenger ship0.4 nm100° E
STARLITEUnknown0.5 nm56° NE
MAYAUnknown0.5 nm57° ENE
ANTIQUAUnknown0.5 nm58° ENE

Ranked by great-circle distance from BIRKA GOTLAND'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”.