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POTOMAC TAXI IV

UnknownUnknownUnited States of America

Position 12 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
POTOMAC TAXI IV
MMSI
368006290
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
Not reported
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
Not reported
Type
Unknown
Category
Unknown
Length overall
Not reported
Beam
Not reported
Draught
Not reported

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
Not reported
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
344°
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
38° 52.548' N
Longitude
77° 1.439' W
Decimal
38.87580, -77.02398
Received
12 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 POTOMAC TAXI IV's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from POTOMAC TAXI IV
STEADFASTUnknown0.1 nm329° NNW
CAPITAL ELITEPassenger ship0.1 nm116° ESE
BEL SITOUnknown0.1 nm80° E
FROSTBITEUnknown0.1 nm327° NNW
ODYSSEY 3Passenger ship0.1 nm120° ESE
SEKI-AUnknown0.1 nm116° ESE
401(PLAY)Unknown0.1 nm330° NNW
SPIRIT OF WASHINGTONPassenger ship0.1 nm138° SE
NAUT LOSTUnknown0.1 nm331° NNW
M\Y SEAQUESTPleasure craft0.1 nm134° SE
EQUILIBRIUMUnknown0.1 nm10° N
MUSIC ON THE WATERUnknown0.2 nm342° NNW
JOHN H GLENN JRUnknown0.2 nm136° SE
PATIENCEUnknown0.2 nm343° NNW
CYCLOPSUnknown0.4 nm146° SE

Ranked by great-circle distance from POTOMAC TAXI IV'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”.