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OFFSHORE PHANTOM

MilitaryNon-combatant shipMalta

Position 2 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
OFFSHORE PHANTOM
MMSI
256004860
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
9HC3229
Flag state
Malta (MID 256)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
59
Type
Non-combatant ship
Category
Military
Length overall
15 m
Beam
6 m
Draught
1.2 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
COGOLIN
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
33°
True heading
37°

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
44° 24.881' N
Longitude
8° 47.849' E
Decimal
44.41469, 8.79749
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 OFFSHORE PHANTOM's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from OFFSHORE PHANTOM
VOE JARLTug0.2 nm356° N
ANNAMARIA ZOther type0.2 nm358° N
REDEEMEROther type0.2 nm356° N
FABIO DUO'Cargo ship0.3 nm245° WSW
SAN GENNARO PRIMOOther type0.3 nm254° WSW
CMA CGM INNOVATIONCargo ship, carrying category C hazardous cargo0.5 nm296° WNW
ONE MACKINACCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.8 nm291° WNW
MALTATug0.9 nm284° WNW
DANIMARCATug0.9 nm282° WNW
GERMANIATug1.3 nm77° ENE
VF 1082Law enforcement vessel1.3 nm79° E
ITALIATug1.3 nm75° ENE
ACALAPleasure craft1.6 nm87° E
CHARLIE WHISKEYUnknown1.6 nm86° E
EMIRPassenger ship1.6 nm85° E

Ranked by great-circle distance from OFFSHORE PHANTOM'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”.