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BOS PRELUDE

OtherOther typeLuxembourg

Position 13 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
BOS PRELUDE
MMSI
253000039
IMO number
9444340
Call sign
LXAE6
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
90
Type
Other type
Category
Other
Length overall
74 m
Beam
16 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
EAST ANGLIA 3
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
0.6 kn
Course over ground
True heading
179°

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
52° 40.046' N
Longitude
2° 51.803' E
Decimal
52.66743, 2.86338
Received
13 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 BOS PRELUDE's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from BOS PRELUDE
JB 120Other type, no additional information0.2 nm10° N
OCEAN MARLINOther type0.3 nm293° WNW
SEAWAY MOXIEUnknown0.7 nm56° NE
SEAWAY PHOENIXUnknown1.4 nm239° WSW
MMSI 232064953Unknown3.9 nm33° NNE
VOS TRAVELLEROther type, no additional information4.3 nm2° N
WIND PACEUnknown4.4 nm175° S
IWS WINDWALKEROther type4.9 nm229° SW
GRAND CANYON IIIUnknown5.1 nm27° NNE
TESSUnknown5.2 nm199° SSW
WINDEA CLAUSIUSOther type5.5 nm41° NE
VELOXCargo ship, no additional information6.6 nm306° NW
AQUA ECOTanker, no additional information7.2 nm158° SSE
NORSIDE SUPPORTEROther type, no additional information8.0 nm195° SSW
SPIRIT OF DISCOVERYUnknown10.6 nm159° SSE

Ranked by great-circle distance from BOS PRELUDE'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”.