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REDHEAD

CargoCargo shipAntigua and Barbuda

Position 2 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
REDHEAD
MMSI
304489000
IMO number
9413901
Call sign
V2QU3
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
190 m
Beam
24 m
Draught
8.3 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
US LCH
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
6.6 kn
Course over ground
5°
True heading
5°

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
30° 0.028' N
Longitude
93° 19.992' W
Decimal
30.00047, -93.33320
Received
2 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 REDHEAD's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from REDHEAD
CAPT BUDDY GTowing vessel0.3 nm354° N
MMSI 368418540Unknown1.1 nm276° W
DELTA DUCKTowing vessel3.4 nm318° NW
CROSBY 2Unknown3.4 nm318° NW
WELLS PORCHELocal vessel3.7 nm342° NNW
RON HULLLocal vessel3.8 nm341° NNW
MELISSA LYNNLocal vessel3.8 nm344° NNW
DODIE SIBENLocal vessel3.8 nm338° NNW
REPENTANCELocal vessel3.8 nm345° NNW
KENTTug3.8 nm336° NNW
AMBRIE DUPRETug3.8 nm341° NNW
MISS CARTER WTug3.9 nm333° NNW
CHAD DOUGLASUnknown3.9 nm337° NNW
MEGAN ELIZABETHLocal vessel4.0 nm332° NNW
CAPTAIN EDDIETowing vessel4.0 nm349° N

Ranked by great-circle distance from REDHEAD'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”.