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BLUE BIRD

TankerTankerMalta

Position 4 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
BLUE BIRD
MMSI
215691000
IMO number
9527764
Call sign
9HA2785
Flag state
Malta (MID 215)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
80
Type
Tanker
Category
Tanker
Length overall
128 m
Beam
20 m
Draught
5.6 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
CYVAS>A.GEORGIOS
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
10.4 kn
Course over ground
155°
True heading
156°

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
42° 30.160' N
Longitude
28° 2.280' E
Decimal
42.50267, 28.03800
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 BLUE BIRD's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from BLUE BIRD
KURTULUSCargo ship, no additional information1.9 nm327° NNW
NAFKRATISCargo ship5.4 nm332° NNW
MILITOSTanker6.9 nm313° NW
LEDRA EXPLORERTug7.6 nm124° SE
BRITTA-KCargo ship8.5 nm28° NNE
MUSA DZHALILTanker, no additional information10.8 nm149° SSE
OMSKIY-117Cargo ship12.0 nm344° NNW
VN 7822Fishing vessel15.6 nm267° W
KALIAKRAFishing vessel15.8 nm268° W
BS494Unknown15.9 nm253° WSW
FAIA GCargo ship16.0 nm350° N
AKADEMIKOther type, no additional information16.0 nm338° NNW
VENIFishing vessel16.0 nm258° WSW
ST.NICHOLASUnknown16.1 nm252° WSW
ATIKA BS-2439Unknown16.2 nm253° WSW

Ranked by great-circle distance from BLUE BIRD'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”.