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MV BLUE JAY

Tug & towTugNigeria

Position 2 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
MV BLUE JAY
MMSI
657934000
IMO number
8831285
Call sign
5NWO
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
9 m
Beam
86 m
Draught
3.6 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
Not reported
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Reserved
Speed over ground
4.9 kn
Course over ground
191°
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
4° 40.187' N
Longitude
7° 9.291' E
Decimal
4.66979, 7.15485
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 MV BLUE JAY's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from MV BLUE JAY
AM PLEASURECargo ship0.1 nm101° E
FLEUR NCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.1 nm283° WNW
CL SPEC PAULINEOther type0.2 nm61° ENE
KOTA LAGUCargo ship, no additional information0.2 nm346° NNW
ROSTRUM SOLARCargo ship0.3 nm6° N
POSEIDON 223Other type0.3 nm43° NE
SEA MARKCargo ship0.3 nm212° SSW
MV PERCHUnknown0.3 nm95° E
OSHONETug0.4 nm32° NNE
VEGA JUNIZCargo ship0.4 nm47° NE
MV BEMIGHOOther type0.4 nm6° N
NNS IKENNEHigh-speed craft, no additional information0.4 nm238° WSW
M/V SAMUELMilitary operations0.4 nm45° NE
JV ADABASailing vessel0.5 nm22° NNE
NED STARKOther type0.5 nm25° NNE

Ranked by great-circle distance from MV BLUE JAY'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”.