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GH FRANKLIN

CargoCargo shipMarshall Islands

Position 6 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
GH FRANKLIN
MMSI
538012439
IMO number
9723186
Call sign
V7B2851
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
292 m
Beam
45 m
Draught
18.4 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
NLRTM
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
12.1 kn
Course over ground
254°
True heading
252°

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
49° 59.936' N
Longitude
2° 50.330' W
Decimal
49.99893, -2.83883
Received
6 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 GH FRANKLIN's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from GH FRANKLIN
ROTRA VENTECargo ship2.8 nm99° E
MAERSK ENSENADACargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo3.1 nm233° SW
HUA SI HAICargo ship10.0 nm152° SSE
NORDIC NULUUJAAKCargo ship10.0 nm187° S
MSC BRITTANYCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo10.5 nm205° SSW
SUPER FAST LEVANTECargo ship10.8 nm193° SSW
GALICIAPassenger ship13.2 nm78° ENE
HUNZEDIJKCargo ship13.7 nm194° SSW
HAFNIA GUANGZHOUTanker15.3 nm217° SW
ELISABETH OF LADRAMUnknown16.0 nm225° SW
CEMVALEUnknown16.9 nm45° NE
VALENTINACargo ship17.3 nm209° SSW
WAY FORWARDCargo ship17.8 nm109° ESE
PATRIOTICTanker19.4 nm217° SW
WISTERIA ACECargo ship20.6 nm102° ESE

Ranked by great-circle distance from GH FRANKLIN'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”.