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BULLDOG

Tug & towTugNew Caledonia

Position 1 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
BULLDOG
MMSI
540023140
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
FAK7469
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
16 m
Beam
6 m
Draught
2.5 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
NUMBO
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Constrained by draught
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
Not reported
True heading
Not reported

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
22° 14.597' S
Longitude
166° 24.941' E
Decimal
-22.24329, 166.41568
Received
1 h 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 BULLDOG's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from BULLDOG
YEYEUnknown0.2 nm331° NNW
LARIMARUnknown0.2 nm301° WNW
JULES GARNIER IICargo ship0.8 nm187° S
AMBORELLACargo ship1.0 nm165° SSE
PILOTE NEA BALBUZARDUnknown1.2 nm166° SSE
CHAMBON LARGADEUnknown1.3 nm172° S
MARCEL VIRATELLETowing vessel (tow over 200 m or over 25 m wide)1.4 nm168° SSE
KAORIUnknown1.4 nm134° SE
ARAUCARIACargo ship1.4 nm130° SE
F/V HOOT MA WHAAPFishing vessel1.5 nm163° SSE
F/V SAINT MICHELFishing vessel1.5 nm161° SSE
MMSI 540016590Unknown1.7 nm160° SSE
CHARLY BROWNUnknown1.8 nm159° SSE
4APleasure craft2.1 nm145° SE
FIDELIO 2Unknown2.2 nm160° SSE

Ranked by great-circle distance from BULLDOG'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”.