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CAPT.E.FRANK THOMPSO

PassengerPassenger shipUnited States of America

Position 2 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
CAPT.E.FRANK THOMPSO
MMSI
367519240
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
WDG2784
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
60
Type
Passenger ship
Category
Passenger
Length overall
47 m
Beam
12 m
Draught
Not reported

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
ROCKLAND&VINALHAVEN
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
12.3 kn
Course over ground
116°
True heading
118°

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
44° 5.247' N
Longitude
68° 57.376' W
Decimal
44.08745, -68.95627
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 CAPT.E.FRANK THOMPSO's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from CAPT.E.FRANK THOMPSO
MMSI 338421088Unknown1.7 nm220° SW
CAPT RICHARD SPEARPassenger ship2.0 nm119° ESE
MMSI 368001280Unknown2.0 nm284° WNW
CAPT NEAL BURGESSPassenger ship3.7 nm51° NE
CG TACKLELaw enforcement vessel3.9 nm264° W
LAURA SUnknown4.6 nm16° NNE
LIVELY LADYUnknown5.7 nm279° W
CG THUNDER BAYTug6.3 nm280° W
BIG PALUnknown6.5 nm277° W
MMSI 368439380Unknown6.5 nm277° W
MMSI 338464614Unknown6.7 nm281° W
MMSI 338476304Unknown7.8 nm319° NW
CG29241Search and rescue vessel9.0 nm349° N
CAPTAIN RAY O'NEALUnknown10.8 nm103° ESE
JARSULAN 4Unknown11.2 nm97° E

Ranked by great-circle distance from CAPT.E.FRANK THOMPSO'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”.