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MERIC

CargoCargo shipPalau

Position 6 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
MERIC
MMSI
511100505
IMO number
9118006
Call sign
T8A3660
Flag state
Palau (MID 511)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
90 m
Beam
14 m
Draught
3.8 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
DZALG
ETA
7 Oct, 12:00 UTC
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
7.5 kn
Course over ground
18°
True heading
14°

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
36° 54.796' N
Longitude
15° 23.636' E
Decimal
36.91327, 15.39394
Received
6 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 MERIC's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from MERIC
SAR MARINERUnknown9.9 nm327° NNW
SEA POLLUXTanker13.6 nm333° NNW
MMSI 247209600Pleasure craft13.8 nm331° NNW
PRINCESS MAYAUnknown13.8 nm330° NNW
ORTIGIATug13.8 nm331° NNW
GAZ HORIZONTanker14.2 nm333° NNW
SEA-WATCH 5Cargo ship, no additional information17.8 nm67° ENE
TRAMMO MARYCAMTanker18.0 nm340° NNW
F.LLI FAZIOTowing vessel18.1 nm329° NNW
FEDERAL WELLANDCargo ship18.2 nm40° NE
LAKE STARSTanker19.2 nm333° NNW
BALLATanker19.8 nm333° NNW
SHI LONG LINGUnknown19.8 nm165° SSE
DELPHITanker, carrying category C hazardous cargo19.9 nm334° NNW
KALYMNOS DAWNTanker, no additional information20.1 nm331° NNW

Ranked by great-circle distance from MERIC'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”.