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GASCHEM ERICA

TankerTankerMadeira

Position 1 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
GASCHEM ERICA
MMSI
255917227
IMO number
9961207
Call sign
CQ2856
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
80
Type
Tanker
Category
Tanker
Length overall
188 m
Beam
29 m
Draught
7.4 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
USMAH
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
17.9 kn
Course over ground
75°
True heading
75°

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
50° 14.808' N
Longitude
0° 19.670' W
Decimal
50.24680, -0.32783
Received
1 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 GASCHEM ERICA's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from GASCHEM ERICA
NAVIS-7Cargo ship2.3 nm15° NNE
NAVIOS PRIMAVERACargo ship2.4 nm61° ENE
TOPAZ KAMACargo ship, no additional information4.2 nm98° E
TB QUANZHOUCargo ship4.7 nm46° NE
RAPHAELCargo ship5.7 nm49° NE
EMS CALYPSOCargo ship8.6 nm54° NE
ASTERIONCargo ship9.6 nm65° ENE
OPTIMUSTanker, no additional information10.4 nm18° NNE
SUPER FAST LEVANTECargo ship12.1 nm325° NW
ARKLOW GLOBECargo ship12.2 nm257° WSW
BRITANNIA BEAVERDredger or underwater operations12.3 nm62° ENE
MISJE VIOLACargo ship12.5 nm337° NNW
GALATEACargo ship12.7 nm46° NE
JUMBOCargo ship12.7 nm77° ENE
BG IRELANDCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo12.7 nm288° WNW

Ranked by great-circle distance from GASCHEM ERICA'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”.