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ALEXANDER

CargoCargo ship, no additional informationNetherlands

Position 3 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
ALEXANDER
MMSI
244710359
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
PB8537
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
79
Type
Cargo ship, no additional information
Category
Cargo
Length overall
63 m
Beam
7 m
Draught
0.3 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
LELYSTADBINNEN
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
6.1 kn
Course over ground
233°
True heading
Not reported

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
52° 30.599' N
Longitude
5° 25.474' E
Decimal
52.50999, 5.42456
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 ALEXANDER's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from ALEXANDER
BRISANICargo ship, no additional information0.2 nm184° S
HK17 DE SAMENWERKINGFishing vessel0.2 nm102° ESE
SINNEUnknown0.2 nm17° NNE
NOMADPleasure craft0.5 nm219° SW
MEERLUSTUnknown0.5 nm216° SW
DE ZONNEBLOEMPassenger ship, no additional information0.6 nm52° NE
STEDEMAEGHTPassenger ship, no additional information0.6 nm44° NE
VIKING ROTAOther type0.6 nm46° NE
NIEUW HORIZONUnknown0.6 nm46° NE
ABEL TASMANPassenger ship, no additional information0.6 nm46° NE
MERCURYOther type, no additional information0.6 nm51° NE
LUNAPort tender0.6 nm50° NE
THE RIVERPleasure craft0.6 nm222° SW
MARKER WADDEN IIUnknown0.6 nm51° NE
BOUNTYPassenger ship, no additional information0.6 nm53° NE

Ranked by great-circle distance from ALEXANDER'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”.