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SVITZER VIDAR

Tug & towTugUnited Kingdom

Position 19 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
SVITZER VIDAR
MMSI
232021737
IMO number
9319181
Call sign
MFDR8
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
29 m
Beam
11 m
Draught
6.2 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
FELIXSTOWE
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
122°
True heading
350°

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° 57.065' N
Longitude
1° 18.839' E
Decimal
51.95109, 1.31399
Received
19 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 VIDAR's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from SVITZER VIDAR
SVITZER SKYTowing vessel0.0 nm300° WNW
SVITZER DEBENTug0.0 nm250° WSW
SVITZER SHOTLEYTug0.0 nm277° W
SVITZER KENTTug0.0 nm241° WSW
MMSI 235037916Unknown0.0 nm274° W
MMSI 235113124Unknown0.0 nm247° WSW
SUECIA SEAWAYSCargo ship, no additional information0.1 nm325° NW
EVER ATOPCargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo0.2 nm183° S
MSC ANGOLACargo ship, carrying category B hazardous cargo0.4 nm171° S
YVONNETug0.9 nm263° W
PL ST EDMUNDPilot vessel0.9 nm255° WSW
PL ST CHRISTOPHERPilot vessel0.9 nm255° WSW
FARAMIRUnknown1.1 nm261° W
AGIOS DIMITRIOSCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo1.1 nm308° NW
COLUMBINE MAERSKCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo1.3 nm308° NW

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