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POWHATAN

PassengerPassenger ship (reserved code 65)United States of America

Position 47 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
POWHATAN
MMSI
368056120
IMO number
1427288
Call sign
WDK4525
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
65
Type
Passenger ship (reserved code 65)
Category
Passenger
Length overall
90 m
Beam
22 m
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
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
Not reported
Course over ground
Not reported
True heading
355°

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
37° 11.165' N
Longitude
76° 47.080' W
Decimal
37.18608, -76.78466
Received
47 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 POWHATAN's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from POWHATAN
POCAHONTASPassenger ship0.0 nm174° S
CLAIRE HOLLANDTowing vessel7.7 nm115° ESE
CW3 HAROLD C CLINGERMilitary operations8.5 nm98° E
GENERAL FRANK BESSONUnknown8.5 nm98° E
USAV LSV5 MG GROSSMilitary operations8.5 nm98° E
KERRY MORANTug12.9 nm72° ENE
MMSI 538071634Unknown13.6 nm76° ENE
ALLIANCE IIUnknown13.6 nm76° ENE
SOL Y VIENTOUnknown13.6 nm77° ENE
FAITHUnknown13.7 nm77° ENE
BEACH GIRLPleasure craft13.9 nm115° ESE
LARRY GRAVELYLocal vessel14.0 nm127° SE
RESURGENCEUnknown15.1 nm74° ENE
DAY OFFUnknown15.1 nm74° ENE
JUSTIFIEDUnknown15.2 nm74° ENE

Ranked by great-circle distance from POWHATAN'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”.