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JAMES J. VERSLUIS

Tug & towTugUnited States of America

Position 3 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
JAMES J. VERSLUIS
MMSI
367073840
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
WDD9506
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
Not reported
Beam
Not reported
Draught
3.1 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
CHICAGO
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.1 kn
Course over ground
171°
True heading
85°

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
41° 53.588' N
Longitude
87° 36.483' W
Decimal
41.89313, -87.60805
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 JAMES J. VERSLUIS's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from JAMES J. VERSLUIS
SEADOG IIIPassenger ship, no additional information0.1 nm153° SSE
BARBARA JOUnknown0.1 nm107° ESE
ALWAYS SOMEWHEREUnknown0.1 nm106° ESE
ODYSSEY LAKE MI_IGANPassenger ship0.2 nm142° SE
SPIRIT OF NAVY PIERPassenger ship0.3 nm114° ESE
MARQUETTEPassenger ship, no additional information0.4 nm245° WSW
GUPPYUnknown0.4 nm206° SSW
APOSTROPHEUnknown0.5 nm200° SSW
SORCERERUnknown0.5 nm198° SSW
LITTLE LADYPassenger ship0.7 nm247° WSW
EMERALD LADYPassenger ship0.7 nm248° WSW
EVENING STARPassenger ship, no additional information0.7 nm251° WSW
ODYSSEY CHICAGO_IVERPassenger ship0.7 nm247° WSW
WENDELLAPassenger ship0.8 nm253° WSW
BRAVOUnknown0.8 nm252° WSW

Ranked by great-circle distance from JAMES J. VERSLUIS'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”.