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HOUSTON EXPRESS

CargoCargo shipLiberia

Position 1 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
HOUSTON EXPRESS
MMSI
636018700
IMO number
9667150
Call sign
D5QY9
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
368 m
Beam
51 m
Draught
16.7 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
OMSLL
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
337°
True heading
77°

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
51° 56.915' N
Longitude
4° 3.422' E
Decimal
51.94859, 4.05703
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 HOUSTON EXPRESS's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from HOUSTON EXPRESS
BOB ROSSTanker, no additional information0.0 nm224° SW
ZEELANDTanker0.1 nm224° SW
KRVE 42Other type, no additional information0.1 nm258° WSW
RVE 17Unknown0.2 nm81° E
SOPHIE DEYMANNCargo ship, no additional information0.2 nm223° SW
MAERSK FELIXSTOWECargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.2 nm78° ENE
MMSI 974019599Unknown0.2 nm80° E
ONE SPRINTERCargo ship0.3 nm255° WSW
ECO MAESTROCargo ship0.3 nm78° ENE
SEMPER FICargo ship, no additional information0.4 nm235° SW
SOPHIE ISABELLCargo ship, no additional information0.4 nm233° SW
ELBWATERCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.5 nm77° ENE
VANORATanker0.5 nm239° WSW
SERAFINACargo ship, no additional information0.5 nm236° SW
EVER GLOBECargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo0.5 nm257° WSW

Ranked by great-circle distance from HOUSTON EXPRESS'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”.