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KAETHCHEN

PassengerPassenger ship, no additional informationGermany

Position 2 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
KAETHCHEN
MMSI
211519900
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
Not reported
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
69
Type
Passenger ship, no additional information
Category
Passenger
Length overall
Not reported
Beam
Not reported
Draught
Not reported

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
Not reported
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
5.3 kn
Course over ground
13°
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
49° 8.558' N
Longitude
9° 12.091' E
Decimal
49.14263, 9.20152
Received
2 h 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 KAETHCHEN's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from KAETHCHEN
HEINER KRIEGEROther type, no additional information0.5 nm7° N
ADOLF BLATTCargo ship, no additional information1.0 nm28° NNE
HAFENAMT HEILBRONNPort tender2.3 nm13° NNE
VIVENDACargo ship, no additional information2.3 nm13° NNE
DELPHINOther type, no additional information4.5 nm199° SSW
KALMARDredger or underwater operations4.6 nm200° SSW
HOEKSCHE WAARDCargo ship, no additional information5.5 nm348° NNW
ULRIKEOther type, no additional information5.5 nm353° N
OEHRINGENOther type, no additional information8.2 nm346° NNW
AURUMWing-in-ground craft8.2 nm346° NNW
HORNBERGOther type, no additional information8.4 nm347° NNW
HEILBRONNOther type, no additional information8.4 nm194° SSW
LAUFFENOther type, no additional information8.4 nm194° SSW
WUNNENSTEINCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo9.3 nm343° NNW
LICHTENSTEINOther type, no additional information9.4 nm343° NNW

Ranked by great-circle distance from KAETHCHEN'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”.