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THAMES HIGHWAY

CargoCargo shipBahamas

Position 29 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
THAMES HIGHWAY
MMSI
311996000
IMO number
9316294
Call sign
C6UR4
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
70
Type
Cargo ship
Category
Cargo
Length overall
150 m
Beam
25 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
GBSHS
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
264°
True heading
104°

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° 35.189' N
Longitude
0° 4.015' W
Decimal
53.58649, -0.06692
Received
29 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 THAMES HIGHWAY's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from THAMES HIGHWAY
TRENT FISHERPort tender0.6 nm212° SSW
HERMINECargo ship1.6 nm334° NNW
CHAUMINECargo ship, no additional information2.8 nm90° E
VB MANXMANTug3.4 nm321° NW
STENA FORERUNNERCargo ship, no additional information3.4 nm315° NW
PRIDE OF HULLPassenger ship, carrying category C hazardous cargo4.2 nm311° NW
VB STATESMANTug4.3 nm308° NW
ANTARESTanker, no additional information4.4 nm305° NW
FREYACargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo4.5 nm309° NW
SFL SABINETanker4.5 nm307° NW
STOLT JAEGERTanker4.6 nm309° NW
VB MARKSMANTug4.7 nm303° WNW
THUN BLYTHTanker, no additional information4.7 nm305° NW
ALPPILACargo ship5.0 nm298° WNW
SVITZER CASTLETug5.1 nm300° WNW

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