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VB LOUP

Tug & towTugFrance

Position 11 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
VB LOUP
MMSI
228472700
IMO number
9977490
Call sign
FNMM
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
28 m
Beam
13 m
Draught
6.0 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
LE HAVRE
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
212°
True heading
331°

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
49° 28.462' N
Longitude
0° 11.065' E
Decimal
49.47436, 0.18441
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 VB LOUP's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from VB LOUP
VB LONGCHAMP 17Tug0.0 nm158° SSE
VB 21 FECAMPTug0.1 nm28° NNE
CITY OF STPETERSBURGCargo ship0.1 nm24° NNE
YAMATAICargo ship0.5 nm238° WSW
KOKSIJDETanker, no additional information0.7 nm84° E
NORMATanker0.7 nm90° E
TIMBER NAVIGATORCargo ship0.8 nm159° SSE
CMA CGM ABU DHABICargo ship, carrying category D hazardous cargo0.9 nm254° WSW
CAPEWATERTanker0.9 nm86° E
NEW JERSEYWing-in-ground craft1.1 nm344° NNW
ESEVE 6Other type, no additional information1.1 nm336° NNW
MISTRALWing-in-ground craft1.1 nm344° NNW
CMA CGM TROCADEROCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo1.2 nm207° SSW
JULIEN MTanker, no additional information1.2 nm5° N
ALANACargo ship1.2 nm265° W

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