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LINK STAR

CargoCargo shipNorway

Position 3 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
LINK STAR
MMSI
259101000
IMO number
8805602
Call sign
LAPA8
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
107 m
Beam
17 m
Draught
5.8 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
DEBRV
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
260°
True heading
350°

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
53° 29.789' N
Longitude
8° 35.260' E
Decimal
53.49648, 8.58767
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 LINK STAR's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from LINK STAR
KAPPAGASTanker, no additional information0.3 nm349° N
BHV INNOVATIONUnknown0.3 nm350° N
ROTRA VENTECargo ship0.4 nm335° NNW
MEDWAYDredger or underwater operations0.4 nm349° N
GREENPORTS 1Cargo ship, no additional information0.4 nm341° NNW
MONICargo ship, no additional information0.6 nm349° N
ALBATROSTug0.8 nm349° N
BHV ATHLETDredger or underwater operations0.8 nm349° N
BAJADEREUnknown1.1 nm346° NNW
BHV ACTIONTug1.3 nm341° NNW
NORDSEEOther type1.3 nm345° NNW
SCHALLOther type (reserved code 98)1.5 nm344° NNW
FRIEDERIKEDredger or underwater operations1.5 nm345° NNW
ULLA RINMANOther type (reserved code 97)1.5 nm342° NNW
WEGALaw enforcement vessel1.6 nm354° N

Ranked by great-circle distance from LINK STAR'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”.