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ELUSIVE 2

UnknownUnknownMalta

Position 18 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
ELUSIVE 2
MMSI
256000664
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
Not reported
Flag state
Malta (MID 256)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
Not reported
Type
Unknown
Category
Unknown
Length overall
Not reported
Beam
Not reported
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
Not reported
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Not reported
Speed over ground
8.3 kn
Course over ground
359°
True heading
1°

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
37° 52.277' N
Longitude
15° 35.461' E
Decimal
37.87128, 15.59101
Received
18 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 ELUSIVE 2's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from ELUSIVE 2
TON TONUnknown2.2 nm69° ENE
DARING SISTERSUnknown2.5 nm70° ENE
ARUBAUnknown2.7 nm49° NE
TESSUnknown2.8 nm172° S
SB AVANTEATanker, carrying category A hazardous cargo2.8 nm230° SW
LUKE SEAWALKERUnknown3.1 nm87° E
SAGOLAUnknown3.6 nm17° NNE
ABOAT TIMEUnknown3.7 nm97° E
TALANTAUnknown3.9 nm130° SE
EXPRESSION OF LONDONUnknown4.1 nm11° N
KUKAUnknown4.3 nm82° E
MMSI 512011165Unknown4.6 nm27° NNE
MMSI 256004214Unknown4.8 nm146° SE
BELLEROPHONUnknown4.9 nm132° SE
SEAESTAPleasure craft5.6 nm22° NNE

Ranked by great-circle distance from ELUSIVE 2'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”.