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CATHERINE C

CargoCargo shipMalta

Position 3 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
CATHERINE C
MMSI
256847000
IMO number
9969998
Call sign
9HA5990
Flag state
Malta (MID 256)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
272 m
Beam
43 m
Draught
11.9 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
ITGIT>>ESBCN
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
10.5 kn
Course over ground
252°
True heading
250°

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
35° 58.283' N
Longitude
5° 33.025' W
Decimal
35.97138, -5.55042
Received
3 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 CATHERINE C's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from CATHERINE C
EVRENTanker0.1 nm55° NE
MAERSK IZMIRCargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo0.4 nm48° NE
MITSARASCargo ship0.5 nm259° W
PEACECargo ship0.7 nm246° WSW
MSC DIVINAPassenger ship, no additional information0.9 nm127° SE
DAGMARCargo ship, no additional information1.2 nm55° NE
AIDABLUPassenger ship, no additional information1.3 nm43° NE
MSC CORDELIA IIICargo ship1.4 nm250° WSW
AMALTHEACargo ship, no additional information1.6 nm185° S
SEHER YAGCICargo ship1.6 nm243° WSW
WINDARTanker, no additional information2.0 nm235° SW
SAIDEIRAUnknown2.1 nm351° N
OCEAN SCALLIONCargo ship2.1 nm76° ENE
MARVEL EAGLEUnknown2.4 nm256° WSW
MOMBASA EXPRESSCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo2.4 nm167° SSE

Ranked by great-circle distance from CATHERINE C'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”.