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MSC VIOLETTA II

CargoCargo shipMadeira

Position 26 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
MSC VIOLETTA II
MMSI
255806258
IMO number
9344710
Call sign
CQAR8
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
178 m
Beam
27 m
Draught
10.6 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
FIRAU
ETA
22 Oct, 05:00 UTC
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
242°
True heading
80°

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
61° 7.810' N
Longitude
21° 25.574' E
Decimal
61.13016, 21.42623
Received
26 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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Track drawn from 61 stored position reports, oldest first. Gaps in the line are gaps in reception, not evidence that the vessel stopped.

Nearby

Other vessels near this one

Everything else our snapshot holds within 25 nm of MSC VIOLETTA II's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from MSC VIOLETTA II
MMSI 230111580Pleasure craft0.5 nm58° ENE
FWN SUNCargo ship0.5 nm117° ESE
APOLLONTug0.5 nm69° ENE
VICTORIATug0.5 nm72° ENE
TIMCACargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.5 nm118° ESE
MINOSTug0.6 nm84° E
L247Pilot vessel0.6 nm112° ESE
NOKODredger or underwater operations0.7 nm81° E
BORE WAVECargo ship, no additional information0.8 nm103° ESE
MT2305Other type, carrying category C hazardous cargo1.4 nm97° E
VOLGABORGCargo ship9.6 nm288° WNW
IHANAPassenger ship, no additional information13.4 nm17° NNE
SIPIFishing vessel18.2 nm3° N

Ranked by great-circle distance from MSC VIOLETTA II'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”.