Different AIS Data

1. Static Information (Every 6 minutes and on request):

• MMSI number
• IMO number
• Name and Call Sign
• Length and Beam
• Type of ship
• Location of position fixing antenna

  

2. Dynamic Information (Depends on speed and course alteration)

• Ship’s position with accuracy indication
• Position timestamp (in UTC)
• Course Over Ground (COG)

  

3. Voyage-Related Information (Every 6 minutes, when data is amended, or on request)

• Ship’s draught
• Type of cargo
• Destination and ETA
• Route plan (Waypoints)

  

4. Short safety-related messages

• A free-format text message addressed to one or many destinations or to all stations in the area. This content could be such as buoy missing, iceberg sighting, etc