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SKALAR

CargoCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargoMadeira

Position 4 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
SKALAR
MMSI
255806476
IMO number
9458975
Call sign
CQES9
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
71
Type
Cargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo
Category
Cargo
Length overall
151 m
Beam
24 m
Draught
7.6 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
NLRTM
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
15.5 kn
Course over ground
119°
True heading
119°

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
53° 0.427' N
Longitude
1° 40.195' E
Decimal
53.00711, 1.66991
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 SKALAR's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from SKALAR
ELBFEEDERCargo ship, no additional information4.5 nm205° SSW
GV ZARONA B58Fishing vessel6.6 nm323° NW
FUGRO ORCAOther type6.7 nm232° SW
HAVILA PHOENIXOther type6.7 nm189° S
OCEAN MARLINOther type8.6 nm254° WSW
SEACAT COLUMBIAHigh-speed craft9.4 nm194° SSW
A2B SPIRITCargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo9.6 nm162° SSE
HONOR MHARIUnknown10.6 nm183° S
GV SORRENTOUnknown11.0 nm5° N
ARCTIC SUNRISEOther type (reserved code 97)11.1 nm117° ESE
NOVACargo ship11.7 nm154° SSE
PEDRO ALVARES CABRALOther type12.5 nm2° N
CROMARTY SENTINELOther type, no additional information13.4 nm177° S
VOS GRACEOther type13.5 nm318° NW
LEESON LADYUnknown13.6 nm254° WSW

Ranked by great-circle distance from SKALAR'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”.