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SVITZER MARIA

Tug & towTugAustralia

Position 4 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
SVITZER MARIA
MMSI
503594000
IMO number
9526370
Call sign
VHHN
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
31 m
Beam
11 m
Draught
5.2 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
PORT JACKSON
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
170°
True heading
62°

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
33° 58.057' S
Longitude
151° 13.221' E
Decimal
-33.96762, 151.22035
Received
4 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 MARIA's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from SVITZER MARIA
SVITZER WARATAHTug0.0 nm307° NW
PV YANAGAPilot vessel0.0 nm180° S
BURRAPort tender0.0 nm194° SSW
MAERSK RIO NEGROCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.1 nm202° SSW
ALS HERCULESCargo ship0.3 nm237° WSW
SVITZER WARANGTug0.4 nm247° WSW
HYUNDAI SHANGHAICargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.4 nm260° W
MSC SHEFFIELD IIICargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo0.4 nm248° WSW
PV SINCLAIRUnknown0.5 nm242° WSW
SVITZER APLAYATug0.5 nm247° WSW
MSC LUCIA IIICargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo0.6 nm258° WSW
GAZ GOTHAMTanker0.6 nm235° SW
MAERSK SEMAKAUCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.7 nm256° WSW
GOLDEN CREATIONTanker0.7 nm225° SW
VB SENSATIONTug1.0 nm213° SSW

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