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VB KINGSMAN

Tug & towTugUnited Kingdom

Position 2 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
VB KINGSMAN
MMSI
232045671
IMO number
9889021
Call sign
MMYT9
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
22 m
Beam
11 m
Draught
4.8 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
HUMBER
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
209°
True heading
241°

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° 44.462' N
Longitude
0° 16.328' W
Decimal
53.74104, -0.27214
Received
2 h 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 VB KINGSMAN's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from VB KINGSMAN
REBECCA MDiving operations0.0 nm245° WSW
ALREKCargo ship0.1 nm55° NE
GT DELPHINCargo ship0.2 nm18° NNE
LADY MENNACargo ship0.2 nm342° NNW
PRIDE OF HULLPassenger ship, carrying category B hazardous cargo0.2 nm260° W
SYLVIAUnknown0.2 nm110° ESE
VB NOBLEMANTug0.3 nm350° N
VB SUPERMANTug0.3 nm355° N
ARIANECargo ship, no additional information0.4 nm99° E
ACTA GEMINIOther type0.4 nm82° E
FREYACargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo0.4 nm109° ESE
IWS SEAWALKEROther type0.7 nm284° WNW
MV SCOT CARRIERCargo ship0.8 nm295° WNW
PUTFORD PHOENIXOther type, no additional information0.8 nm297° WNW
VB SANDONTug2.7 nm263° W

Ranked by great-circle distance from VB KINGSMAN'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”.