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SVITZER HAWK

Tug & towTugUnited Kingdom

Position 2 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
SVITZER HAWK
MMSI
232019514
IMO number
9431068
Call sign
MEIY4
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
31 m
Beam
11 m
Draught
5.6 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
PORTBURY
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
120°
True heading
342°

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
51° 30.092' N
Longitude
2° 42.341' W
Decimal
51.50154, -2.70568
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 SVITZER HAWK's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from SVITZER HAWK
SVITZER VENUSTug0.0 nm340° NNW
SVITZER AVONTug0.0 nm338° NNW
AFON WENTug0.1 nm297° WNW
SALT ISLANDTug0.1 nm311° NW
GRAHAM ROBERTSONTug0.3 nm351° N
BOY BRENDANPort tender0.3 nm147° SSE
JISU GLORYCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.5 nm219° SW
ARKLOW CAPECargo ship0.5 nm20° NNE
SVITZER WARDENPassenger ship0.5 nm225° SW
KRAKENCargo ship0.6 nm250° WSW
TRYMDredger or underwater operations0.6 nm255° WSW
ARCO DARTDredger or underwater operations0.6 nm20° NNE
AUTO ENERGYCargo ship0.7 nm221° SW
ROOSTERCargo ship0.7 nm240° WSW
YALLABINAUnknown2.1 nm251° WSW

Ranked by great-circle distance from SVITZER HAWK'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”.