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FAIRPLAY-81

Tug & towTugGermany

Position 56s agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
FAIRPLAY-81
MMSI
211625340
IMO number
9693264
Call sign
DIIZ2
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
32 m
Beam
12 m
Draught
5.9 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
WILHELMSHAVEN
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
263°
True heading
207°

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
53° 32.116' N
Longitude
8° 9.688' E
Decimal
53.53527, 8.16147
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 FAIRPLAY-81's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from FAIRPLAY-81
VB TRAGENTug0.0 nm9° N
WSP 3Law enforcement vessel0.1 nm212° SSW
FRIESLANDLaw enforcement vessel0.1 nm207° SSW
WSP 5Law enforcement vessel0.1 nm220° SW
BORKUMLaw enforcement vessel0.2 nm29° NNE
VB BERNETug0.3 nm25° NNE
GERMAN WARSHIP F221Other type, carrying category D hazardous cargo0.4 nm218° SW
FAIRPLAY IXTug0.8 nm218° SW
ASP BILGENENTOELER 1Tanker0.9 nm222° SW
ANRAUnknown0.9 nm198° SSW
YOGITug1.2 nm204° SSW
JADE HIEVOther type1.2 nm206° SSW
MAKER IUnknown1.2 nm204° SSW
LEVANTECargo ship1.2 nm203° SSW
HST LONDONHigh-speed craft1.2 nm206° SSW

Ranked by great-circle distance from FAIRPLAY-81'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”.