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BOMAR MERCURY

TankerTankerMalta

Position 2 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
BOMAR MERCURY
MMSI
256541000
IMO number
9428889
Call sign
9HA2880
Flag state
Malta (MID 256)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
80
Type
Tanker
Category
Tanker
Length overall
120 m
Beam
17 m
Draught
4.5 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
DEHAM
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
11.0 kn
Course over ground
360°
True heading

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
53° 26.975' N
Longitude
8° 29.462' E
Decimal
53.44959, 8.49104
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 BOMAR MERCURY's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from BOMAR MERCURY
SKRETTING GROCargo ship2.2 nm1° N
ELKAOther type, no additional information2.3 nm3° N
SEESTERNCargo ship, no additional information2.4 nm3° N
LADY TUDDIUnknown2.8 nm197° SSW
TWIN PEAKUnknown3.3 nm198° SSW
VERTOM LISACargo ship3.4 nm12° NNE
KATHINKAUnknown3.4 nm197° SSW
JULIA-BCargo ship4.4 nm26° NNE
LOLAUnknown4.4 nm46° NE
EEMS COBALTCargo ship4.4 nm48° NE
MOMMELUnknown4.4 nm47° NE
ENERGY SWANOther type4.5 nm49° NE
FAIRPLAY-32Other type (reserved code 98)4.6 nm45° NE
BHV INNOVATIONUnknown4.6 nm48° NE
FAIRPLAY-63Tug4.6 nm45° NE

Ranked by great-circle distance from BOMAR MERCURY'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”.