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SCOTLAND BAY

UnknownUnknownPalau

Position 23 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
SCOTLAND BAY
MMSI
511101118
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
Not reported
Flag state
Palau (MID 511)
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
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
11.7 kn
Course over ground
237°
True heading
240°

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
29° 57.442' S
Longitude
31° 36.426' E
Decimal
-29.95737, 31.60710
Received
23 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 SCOTLAND BAY's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from SCOTLAND BAY
BOW AQUARIUSTanker10.8 nm264° W
MAIPOCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo13.3 nm328° NNW
MARIE CTanker, no additional information14.7 nm316° NW
HECTOR NTanker15.8 nm292° WNW
MSC ROWANCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo17.8 nm289° WNW
MSC JUSTICE VIIICargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo18.5 nm305° NW
MSC ISHYKACargo ship, no additional information18.6 nm297° WNW
OCEAN SURFUnknown20.1 nm257° WSW
ELANDRA SEATanker, no additional information20.8 nm353° N
GEO RESOLUTIONOther type, no additional information21.3 nm284° WNW
SEA DRAGONTanker, no additional information21.7 nm304° NW
ROOSTERCargo ship22.7 nm301° WNW
HANSA AFRICACargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo22.8 nm319° NW
KALAHARI EXPRESSCargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo23.0 nm247° WSW
WL LADOGACargo ship23.2 nm305° NW

Ranked by great-circle distance from SCOTLAND BAY'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”.