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VIKING ENERGY

Tug & towTugUnited Kingdom

Position 1 h agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
VIKING ENERGY
MMSI
232020323
IMO number
9868510
Call sign
MEPW5
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
52
Type
Tug
Category
Tug & tow
Length overall
26 m
Beam
12 m
Draught
3.2 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
OUDDORP TOW 1600 M
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Restricted manoeuvrability
Speed over ground
3.3 kn
Course over ground
213°
True heading
225°

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
52° 7.758' N
Longitude
4° 8.782' E
Decimal
52.12930, 4.14637
Received
1 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 VIKING ENERGY's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from VIKING ENERGY
FV OD-1Fishing vessel1.3 nm113° ESE
FORTH WARRIORTug2.8 nm223° SW
BRANDARISSearch and rescue vessel2.9 nm227° SW
HENDRIKA JACOBAFishing vessel3.1 nm290° WNW
LEANNE PTug3.2 nm227° SW
CORAL NORDICTanker, no additional information3.7 nm50° NE
CORAL FUNGIATanker4.2 nm43° NE
SULPHUR GENESISTanker, carrying category C hazardous cargo4.3 nm33° NNE
ARCALaw enforcement vessel4.6 nm114° ESE
ZIRFAEALaw enforcement vessel4.6 nm114° ESE
NEXTGEN BY JAJOUnknown4.6 nm115° ESE
WYLDE SWANSailing vessel4.6 nm113° ESE
OCEAAN 2Tug4.7 nm112° ESE
BAREND BIESHEUVELLaw enforcement vessel4.7 nm114° ESE
KITTY ROOSMALE NEP.Search and rescue vessel4.7 nm110° ESE

Ranked by great-circle distance from VIKING ENERGY'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”.