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SEAWARD 23

UnknownUnknownShip station

Position 2 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
SEAWARD 23
MMSI
200000003
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
5.9 kn
Course over ground
108°
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
36° 59.558' N
Longitude
76° 11.149' W
Decimal
36.99264, -76.18582
Received
2 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 SEAWARD 23's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from SEAWARD 23
SALACIA IIPleasure craft0.4 nm173° S
SUSAN MORANTug0.5 nm216° SW
US GOV VESSELUnknown0.8 nm106° ESE
HOS BAYOUCargo ship1.1 nm286° WNW
PIRATE PADPleasure craft1.6 nm25° NNE
JUSTINTowing vessel1.7 nm114° ESE
WIND CREATIONCargo ship1.8 nm108° ESE
US GOVT VESSELMilitary operations2.4 nm107° ESE
SEA DANCERUnknown2.5 nm291° WNW
CAPE HENRY EXPRESSPilot vessel2.9 nm172° S
R\V VIRGINIAOther type, no additional information3.2 nm297° WNW
GERI TUnknown3.4 nm171° S
HAMPTON ROADSPilot vessel3.5 nm173° S
SURRIE MORANTug3.6 nm173° S
RANGER IIUnknown3.9 nm44° NE

Ranked by great-circle distance from SEAWARD 23'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”.