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GERARD D

Tug & towTugUnited States of America

Position 3 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
GERARD D
MMSI
366939130
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
WTG3761
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
20 m
Beam
8 m
Draught
2.6 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
US^0AQT>08AW
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
8.1 kn
Course over ground
56°
True heading
60°

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
28° 54.026' N
Longitude
95° 16.029' W
Decimal
28.90044, -95.26715
Received
3 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 GERARD D's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from GERARD D
CG45676Search and rescue vessel3.1 nm324° NW
BILL WITHERSLocal vessel3.4 nm313° NW
BOW CAROLINETanker, carrying category B hazardous cargo3.4 nm321° NW
MMSI 367735750Unknown3.5 nm305° NW
LAMARTug3.5 nm305° NW
ZYANA KTug3.5 nm305° NW
EXPORTERTug3.5 nm305° NW
JUDY MORANTug3.5 nm305° NW
HUNTER MTug3.5 nm306° NW
BRAZOS PILOTPilot vessel3.9 nm290° WNW
FREEPORT PILOT 1Pilot vessel3.9 nm290° WNW
BW PASSATTanker4.0 nm302° WNW
FINLI RYANNEUnknown4.1 nm310° NW
PACESETTERLocal vessel4.1 nm310° NW
LADY OF PROMPT SUCCOLocal vessel4.1 nm309° NW

Ranked by great-circle distance from GERARD D'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”.