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EDT HERCULES

CargoCargo shipCyprus

Position 56s agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
EDT HERCULES
MMSI
210776000
IMO number
9491422
Call sign
5BAM4
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
88 m
Beam
18 m
Draught
5.7 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
OFFSHORE
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Restricted manoeuvrability
Speed over ground
0.1 kn
Course over ground
97°
True heading
277°

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
54° 30.938' N
Longitude
0° 22.250' W
Decimal
54.51563, -0.37083
Received
56s 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 EDT HERCULES's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from EDT HERCULES
SURFER TIDEOther type0.2 nm90° E
CASTORONEOther type0.2 nm105° ESE
DELIACargo ship1.3 nm41° NE
STOLT KINGFISHERTanker, carrying category B hazardous cargo3.4 nm169° S
WIND ALLYCargo ship6.2 nm77° ENE
CEFAS ENDEAVOUROther type, no additional information6.9 nm145° SE
MILESTONEUnknown8.6 nm257° WSW
AQUARIUS 11 BH456Unknown8.6 nm257° WSW
CONTSHIP TOPCargo ship22.1 nm303° WNW
ALFA ALANDIATanker22.7 nm307° NW
GV LIBERTY BF120Other type24.0 nm290° WNW

Ranked by great-circle distance from EDT HERCULES'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”.