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MED ANTARCTIC

TankerTankerMalta

Position 2 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
MED ANTARCTIC
MMSI
248315000
IMO number
9462316
Call sign
9HA4607
Flag state
Malta (MID 248)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
80
Type
Tanker
Category
Tanker
Length overall
124 m
Beam
17 m
Draught
5.2 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
LTKLJ
ETA
20 Oct, 05:00 UTC
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
5.6 kn
Course over ground
268°
True heading
263°

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
51° 26.456' N
Longitude
3° 38.786' E
Decimal
51.44093, 3.64644
Received
2 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 MED ANTARCTIC's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from MED ANTARCTIC
ARGO-1Dredger or underwater operations0.2 nm64° ENE
MMSI 672947432Unknown0.2 nm284° WNW
KRABBEGEULOther type0.6 nm265° W
ICELANDICA HAVCargo ship1.0 nm257° WSW
HACI FATMA ANATanker, carrying category C hazardous cargo1.0 nm173° S
HALKI ITanker1.1 nm242° WSW
MEERMIN IVOther type1.2 nm267° W
THUN RESOURCETanker1.4 nm142° SE
MSC FIAMMETTACargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo1.5 nm253° WSW
PRINSES MAXIMAPassenger ship, no additional information1.5 nm246° WSW
OCEAN ODYSSEYPassenger ship1.5 nm46° NE
MULTRATUG 1Tug1.6 nm42° NE
MULTRASHIP PROTECTOTug1.6 nm42° NE
MMSI 244862970Unknown1.6 nm40° NE
MULTRATUG 5Tug1.6 nm41° NE

Ranked by great-circle distance from MED ANTARCTIC'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”.