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CAPT. JIM MCALLISTER

Tug & towTugUnited States of America

Position 9 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
CAPT. JIM MCALLISTER
MMSI
368056740
IMO number
9857573
Call sign
WDK4591
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
33 m
Beam
13 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
XX XXX>?? ???
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
33°
True heading
293°

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
32° 53.375' N
Longitude
79° 57.939' W
Decimal
32.88959, -79.96565
Received
9 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. JIM MCALLISTER's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from CAPT. JIM MCALLISTER
DREDGE BRUNSWICKDredger or underwater operations0.1 nm132° SE
MOIRAOther type, no additional information0.5 nm183° S
STOLT SEQUOIATanker, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.6 nm188° S
MMSI 338541192Unknown1.0 nm179° S
PATUXENTOther type1.5 nm178° S
ROBERT F. KENNEDYOther type, no additional information1.5 nm178° S
DUBAI SKYCargo ship1.5 nm40° NE
USNS POINT LOMAMilitary operations1.6 nm178° S
TRINIDAD PEARLCargo ship1.6 nm44° NE
US GOV VSL 1Other type1.7 nm175° S
GEORGIA MTug1.9 nm169° S
SOUTHERN ROSETowing vessel2.1 nm166° SSE
CAPTAIN ROBLocal vessel2.1 nm166° SSE
ERIC MCALLISTERTug2.2 nm163° SSE
JAMES A MORANUnknown2.3 nm154° SSE

Ranked by great-circle distance from CAPT. JIM MCALLISTER'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”.