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LOUISIANA PURCHASE

Tug & towTugUnited States of America

Position 2 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
MMSI
368067930
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
WDK5749
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
22 m
Beam
10 m
Draught
2.6 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
ARTCO SARA FLT
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
148°
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
29° 55.603' N
Longitude
90° 13.080' W
Decimal
29.92672, -90.21800
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 LOUISIANA PURCHASE's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from LOUISIANA PURCHASE
MMSI 368132360Unknown0.7 nm352° N
MARY ANN MORANLocal vessel0.8 nm345° NNW
UBC TAKORADICargo ship1.1 nm345° NNW
MARAUDERUnknown1.2 nm103° ESE
EDWARD TERRELUnknown1.2 nm343° NNW
MARTIN J PELLEGRINUnknown1.5 nm80° E
BBC SATURNCargo ship1.7 nm90° E
LIPSICargo ship2.0 nm84° E
MIKE MITCHELLUnknown2.0 nm73° ENE
CITRIODORACargo ship2.1 nm82° E
JOHN PASENTINE IIUnknown2.1 nm345° NNW
MS. JENIFER TRETTERLocal vessel2.2 nm69° ENE
CAPT RICKIE JOHNSONUnknown2.2 nm69° ENE
PEARLLocal vessel2.3 nm335° NNW
SHELLEYUnknown2.4 nm332° NNW

Ranked by great-circle distance from LOUISIANA PURCHASE'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”.