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POLARIS PRINCESS

CargoCargo shipMalta

Position 5 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
POLARIS PRINCESS
MMSI
248136000
IMO number
9136967
Call sign
9HA6534
Flag state
Malta (MID 248)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
117 m
Beam
20 m
Draught
5.7 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
FRTLN
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
9.5 kn
Course over ground
348°
True heading
343°

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
42° 58.597' N
Longitude
9° 39.679' E
Decimal
42.97661, 9.66132
Received
5 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 POLARIS PRINCESS's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from POLARIS PRINCESS
XIN HAI TONG 36Cargo ship1.2 nm90° E
ESTRADENCargo ship, carrying category B hazardous cargo2.3 nm357° N
PASCAL PAOLIPassenger ship5.5 nm235° SW
SEAVOYAGERTanker7.4 nm190° S
NIVINCargo ship7.4 nm188° S
HUMANITY 1Other type, no additional information10.4 nm189° S
MARIQUE VUnknown18.5 nm209° SSW
SNSM 132 BASTIASearch and rescue vessel18.5 nm209° SSW
PILOTINE SANTA MARIAUnknown18.8 nm208° SSW
CHRISTINE LHigh-speed craft, no additional information18.9 nm209° SSW
TEAMOAUnknown19.3 nm209° SSW

Ranked by great-circle distance from POLARIS PRINCESS'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”.