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SVITZER THAMES

Tug & towTugUnited Kingdom

Position 11 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
SVITZER THAMES
MMSI
232033454
IMO number
9795804
Call sign
MIRS7
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
32 m
Beam
12 m
Draught
5.0 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
RIVER THAMES
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
196°
True heading
274°

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° 26.683' N
Longitude
0° 23.756' E
Decimal
51.44471, 0.39593
Received
11 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 THAMES's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from SVITZER THAMES
SVITZER LONDONTug0.0 nm349° N
SVITZER INTREPIDTug0.0 nm88° E
SVITZER BOOTLETug0.0 nm96° E
ILLYRIAOther type0.0 nm116° ESE
AMELIE GDredger or underwater operations0.0 nm109° ESE
THAMES SPIRITHigh-speed craft0.0 nm158° SSE
LONDON TITANOther type0.1 nm273° W
DRIFTWOOD 2Cargo ship, no additional information0.1 nm227° SW
BENFLEETPort tender0.1 nm205° SSW
DRIFTWOOD 3Other type, no additional information0.1 nm265° W
SVITZER MERIDIANTug0.5 nm283° WNW
NORSTREAMCargo ship0.5 nm321° NW
DISTRIBUTORTanker, no additional information0.7 nm274° W
MAPLINCargo ship, no additional information0.8 nm274° W
COMMANDERPilot vessel0.8 nm274° W

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