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ELBSPRING

CargoCargo shipMadeira

Position 4 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
ELBSPRING
MMSI
255916486
IMO number
9462794
Call sign
CQ2755
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
169 m
Beam
27 m
Draught
7.8 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
FIRAU VIA NOK
ETA
23 Oct, 03:30 UTC
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
17.2 kn
Course over ground
30°
True heading
30°

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
57° 57.923' N
Longitude
18° 20.707' E
Decimal
57.96539, 18.34511
Received
4 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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Track drawn from 41 stored position reports, oldest first. Gaps in the line are gaps in reception, not evidence that the vessel stopped.

Nearby

Other vessels near this one

Everything else our snapshot holds within 25 nm of ELBSPRING's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from ELBSPRING
TERN FORSTanker, no additional information3.2 nm229° SW
LIDANCargo ship3.9 nm131° SE
NORDBORGCargo ship5.1 nm256° WSW
MARITCargo ship, no additional information7.4 nm238° WSW
FLEXIMARCargo ship9.4 nm238° WSW
LAGANBORGCargo ship9.9 nm228° SW
TERNSUNDTanker, no additional information10.5 nm232° SW
BALTIC CARRIERCargo ship12.4 nm97° E
ELECTRAMARCargo ship13.2 nm223° SW
VLIELANDCargo ship17.8 nm220° SW
UZAVATanker, no additional information19.4 nm233° SW
RESCUE ERICD.NILSSONSearch and rescue vessel19.9 nm186° S
PILOT 740Pilot vessel19.9 nm186° S
JACOB HAGGDredger or underwater operations21.2 nm136° SE
ENVIKCargo ship21.2 nm136° SE

Ranked by great-circle distance from ELBSPRING'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”.