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WL18 VRIJHEID

FishingFishing vesselNetherlands

Position 2 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
WL18 VRIJHEID
MMSI
245504000
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
PIIW
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
30
Type
Fishing vessel
Category
Fishing
Length overall
18 m
Beam
5 m
Draught
1.9 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
Not reported
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Engaged in fishing
Speed over ground
6.9 kn
Course over ground
333°
True heading
335°

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° 26.439' N
Longitude
6° 8.425' E
Decimal
53.44065, 6.14041
Received
2 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 WL18 VRIJHEID's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from WL18 VRIJHEID
SEMPER FIDELIS ZK-16Fishing vessel0.0 nm152° SSE
ZK46 ZEEMEEUWFishing vessel0.0 nm150° SSE
OL7 HOOP OP ZEGENFishing vessel0.0 nm356° N
LO17 LINQUENDAFishing vessel0.1 nm339° NNW
LO13 STORMVOGELFishing vessel0.2 nm155° SSE
OL13 BONA SPESFishing vessel0.5 nm171° S
WR12 EMMAFishing vessel0.6 nm223° SW
OL-2 DE VOLHARDINGFishing vessel0.6 nm324° NW
ZK37 ALDERT V THIJSFishing vessel0.7 nm147° SSE
WR108 STELLA-MARISFishing vessel0.7 nm230° SW
STEEBORG 1Dredger or underwater operations0.7 nm83° E
LO7 ZWERVERFishing vessel1.0 nm250° WSW
ZK13 BEREND CORNELISFishing vessel1.1 nm255° WSW
WL22 GERDAFishing vessel1.2 nm234° SW
FALMARINUnknown2.0 nm28° NNE

Ranked by great-circle distance from WL18 VRIJHEID'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”.