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LAURENCE M GONSOULIN

Tug & towTugUnited States of America

Position 2 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
LAURENCE M GONSOULIN
MMSI
367628230
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
WDH5472
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
30 m
Beam
12 m
Draught
3.0 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
US^0SNU>0SNV
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
0.1 kn
Course over ground
116°
True heading
96°

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
30° 5.864' N
Longitude
93° 18.167' W
Decimal
30.09773, -93.30278
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 LAURENCE M GONSOULIN's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from LAURENCE M GONSOULIN
MACY LYNNLocal vessel0.2 nm347° NNW
ELLY LANELocal vessel0.2 nm302° WNW
ALMA GRACETowing vessel0.4 nm312° NW
SYDNEY TERRALTowing vessel (tow over 200 m or over 25 m wide)0.5 nm347° NNW
J0 ANN EDWARDSLocal vessel0.5 nm349° N
GULF RESPONDERAnti-pollution equipment0.5 nm323° NW
LANEY BLESSEY WATKINLocal vessel0.6 nm332° NNW
SHILOH AMONLocal vessel0.6 nm300° WNW
MISS ELLETowing vessel0.6 nm319° NW
BOYD GOLDINGLocal vessel0.7 nm9° N
ALTON ST AMANTLocal vessel0.7 nm142° SE
RALPHTowing vessel0.9 nm46° NE
CAPT ROBBTug0.9 nm45° NE
MISS HILTowing vessel1.0 nm62° ENE
NICHOLAS VETOTug1.4 nm266° W

Ranked by great-circle distance from LAURENCE M GONSOULIN'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”.