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WILLIAM E STRAIT

ServiceLocal vesselUnited States of America

Position 4 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
WILLIAM E STRAIT
MMSI
367535290
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
WDG4318
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
57
Type
Local vessel
Category
Service
Length overall
367 m
Beam
76 m
Draught
3.3 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
US^0E8N>0FQB
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
5.9 kn
Course over ground
196°
True heading
186°

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
30° 21.505' N
Longitude
91° 14.641' W
Decimal
30.35842, -91.24402
Received
4 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 WILLIAM E STRAIT's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from WILLIAM E STRAIT
DISCHARGE PIPELINEUnknown0.1 nm298° WNW
WALLACE MCGEORGEDredger or underwater operations0.2 nm346° NNW
ROBYNTowing vessel0.7 nm50° NE
MISS NINAOther type, carrying category A hazardous cargo0.7 nm4° N
NED BROOKSLocal vessel0.9 nm44° NE
MISS RACHELTug1.1 nm166° SSE
JOHN REID GOLDINGLocal vessel1.1 nm167° SSE
MRS JACQUELINEPassenger ship, no additional information1.3 nm40° NE
DELOS CASETug1.4 nm20° NNE
JESSE B GUNSTREAM JRTug1.7 nm24° NNE
RANDOLPH CLocal vessel1.7 nm37° NE
ROBERT G STONE JRLocal vessel1.9 nm37° NE
MV CAPT PAUL DUPUYTowing vessel2.2 nm39° NE
STONE FUELERLocal vessel2.3 nm39° NE
LELAND SPEAKESTowing vessel (tow over 200 m or over 25 m wide)2.3 nm36° NE

Ranked by great-circle distance from WILLIAM E STRAIT'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”.