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P901 BNS CASTOR

MilitaryMilitary operationsBelgium

Position 37 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
P901 BNS CASTOR
MMSI
205662000
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
ORJT
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
35
Type
Military operations
Category
Military
Length overall
53 m
Beam
10 m
Draught
3.4 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
A
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
1.1 kn
Course over ground
275°
True heading
73°

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° 33.158' N
Longitude
2° 43.316' E
Decimal
51.55264, 2.72194
Received
37 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 P901 BNS CASTOR's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from P901 BNS CASTOR
MIDDELBURGDredger or underwater operations1.2 nm321° NW
SEA CRUISER 2Cargo ship2.9 nm158° SSE
KRAKESANDTDredger or underwater operations4.2 nm114° ESE
SL-26 ANNE MARIEFishing vessel5.6 nm149° SSE
ONE FUTURECargo ship5.6 nm212° SSW
WYLDE SWANSailing vessel7.4 nm209° SSW
HST HUDSONHigh-speed craft, carrying category B hazardous cargo7.7 nm76° ENE
ESVAGT MERCATORCargo ship7.7 nm18° NNE
NJORD WINDHigh-speed craft7.8 nm63° ENE
CHAMPION CORNELIATanker7.8 nm195° SSW
HAPPY PELICANTanker, carrying category D hazardous cargo7.9 nm209° SSW
GROENEWINDOther type8.1 nm51° NE
ANTHEA LUNAHigh-speed craft8.2 nm94° E
TORM AMORINATanker8.4 nm195° SSW
BWEK TAHITITanker, no additional information8.6 nm208° SSW

Ranked by great-circle distance from P901 BNS CASTOR'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”.