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THOMAS JEFFERSON

Tug & towTowing vesselUnited States of America

Position 40 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
THOMAS JEFFERSON
MMSI
369958000
IMO number
8892033
Call sign
WTEA
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
31
Type
Towing vessel
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
64 m
Beam
14 m
Draught
4.7 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
SURVEY
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
45°
True heading
211°

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
36° 51.215' N
Longitude
76° 17.924' W
Decimal
36.85358, -76.29873
Received
40 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 THOMAS JEFFERSON's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from THOMAS JEFFERSON
DENIS SULLIVANSailing vessel0.2 nm151° SSE
LADY MARYLANDPassenger ship0.3 nm142° SE
EMPIRE STATEOther type0.6 nm270° W
WINDFALLSailing vessel0.6 nm183° S
GATEWAY ENDEAVORPassenger ship, no additional information0.7 nm184° S
CELTIC PRIDEPleasure craft0.7 nm181° S
HUNTSMANTug0.8 nm253° WSW
BUNNY CTug0.8 nm253° WSW
PINNERS POINTTug0.8 nm253° WSW
SHELIA BORDELONCargo ship0.9 nm303° WNW
AMERICAN MAVERICKPassenger ship1.0 nm170° S
LIVING STONEOther type1.0 nm314° NW
USNS APALACHICOLAMilitary operations1.0 nm303° WNW
EDWIN RIDERTowing vessel1.0 nm158° SSE
HOS BLACK FOOTCargo ship, no additional information1.0 nm306° NW

Ranked by great-circle distance from THOMAS JEFFERSON'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”.