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RAMFORM VANGUARD

OtherOther type (reserved code 95)Bahamas

Position 4 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
RAMFORM VANGUARD
MMSI
311001861
IMO number
9188714
Call sign
C6JF5
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
95
Type
Other type (reserved code 95)
Category
Other
Length overall
86 m
Beam
39 m
Draught
9.2 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
ABERDEEN
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
9.9 kn
Course over ground
340°
True heading
339°

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
54° 50.365' N
Longitude
5° 28.210' W
Decimal
54.83941, -5.47016
Received
4 h 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 RAMFORM VANGUARD's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from RAMFORM VANGUARD
STENA SUPERFAST VIIPassenger ship1.9 nm33° NNE
CEMCARRIERCargo ship5.9 nm145° SE
BG JADECargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo9.3 nm211° SSW
GOTLANDCargo ship, no additional information9.4 nm61° ENE
THUN LUNDYTanker10.0 nm166° SSE
EUROPEAN CAUSEWAYPassenger ship10.3 nm35° NE
NOORDVLIETCargo ship, no additional information10.5 nm228° SW
FARSET OF BELFASTUnknown11.3 nm230° SW
MMSI 235053796Unknown12.1 nm190° S
LAYLAUnknown12.6 nm214° SW
HARRIET GRACEUnknown12.6 nm214° SW
LUDER TOOUnknown12.6 nm214° SW
TOUCAN 6Unknown12.6 nm214° SW
QUEEN OF ULSTERHigh-speed craft12.6 nm214° SW
MERCUTIOUnknown12.6 nm214° SW

Ranked by great-circle distance from RAMFORM VANGUARD'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”.