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CARL WHITLATCH

ServiceLocal vesselUnited States of America

Position 4 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
CARL WHITLATCH
MMSI
368113430
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
WDL2583
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
57
Type
Local vessel
Category
Service
Length overall
307 m
Beam
18 m
Draught
3.1 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
XX XXX>US^070Z
ETA
Not reported
Speed over ground
3.7 kn
Course over ground
285°
True heading
291°

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
29° 46.860' N
Longitude
92° 11.585' W
Decimal
29.78100, -92.19308
Received
4 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 CARL WHITLATCH's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from CARL WHITLATCH
NED BROOKSLocal vessel0.0 nm342° NNW
REPOSELocal vessel0.1 nm100° E
RAY "CHIEF" TONEYUnknown0.2 nm107° ESE
CHERYL ANNTug0.3 nm89° E
SUN OF MANPassenger ship (reserved code 67)0.3 nm91° E
SANDY ANNUnknown0.5 nm103° ESE
MISS PEGGY ANNCargo ship0.5 nm98° E
BRANDY NICOLETug0.7 nm107° ESE
LUCY MAYLocal vessel0.7 nm108° ESE
WOODY RICHERSONLocal vessel0.7 nm108° ESE
CAPT. L.A. MONROELocal vessel0.7 nm110° ESE
CATHYTug0.8 nm95° E
CAPT BILL ENGLISHLocal vessel0.8 nm108° ESE
JOHN G MORGANLocal vessel0.8 nm107° ESE
RAPID RUNNER IIUnknown1.0 nm126° SE

Ranked by great-circle distance from CARL WHITLATCH'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”.