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BITONIA

TankerTanker, no additional informationNetherlands

Position 2 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
BITONIA
MMSI
246354000
IMO number
9503902
Call sign
PDRW
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
89
Type
Tanker, no additional information
Category
Tanker
Length overall
100 m
Beam
16 m
Draught
5.4 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
GBEAM>NLRTM
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
0.1 kn
Course over ground
291°
True heading
244°

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° 54.791' N
Longitude
3° 47.438' E
Decimal
51.91318, 3.79063
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 BITONIA's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from BITONIA
ARKLOW COASTCargo ship1.2 nm259° W
ATLANTIS ARACELITanker, carrying category B hazardous cargo1.4 nm285° WNW
XING HAI WANTanker1.7 nm334° NNW
ATLANTIS ANTIBESTanker1.9 nm32° NNE
MAERSK KAYATanker2.4 nm346° NNW
DIAVOLO ROSSOTanker, no additional information2.7 nm18° NNE
DICTADORTanker2.7 nm282° WNW
ASTINATanker, carrying category C hazardous cargo3.2 nm10° N
EDZARD SCHULTETanker, no additional information3.7 nm314° NW
STAR BONAIREUnknown3.9 nm49° NE
PACIFICTanker, no additional information3.9 nm330° NNW
SANTA URSULACargo ship, carrying category C hazardous cargo4.6 nm345° NNW
EQUALITYTanker4.8 nm12° NNE
KARAVASTanker5.1 nm17° NNE
H&S FAIRNESSCargo ship, no additional information5.3 nm313° NW

Ranked by great-circle distance from BITONIA'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”.