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AIS vessel AMETHYST - show graphs
Callsign: 5BXW4
MMSI number: 209223000
IMO number: 246918
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (89)
Destination: NO HRY > GB FAW (ETA Dec29 20:00)
Location: 50°58.36' N 1°15.95' E - locator JO00PX13VK - show map
13.6 km Southeast bearing 155° from Folkestone, Kent, England, United Kingdom [?]
16.8 km Southeast bearing 131° from Hythe, Kent, England, United Kingdom
111.9 km Southeast bearing 122° from City of London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
113.7 km Southeast bearing 121° from London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-12-29 09:38:42 UTC (10m17s ago)
2025-12-29 09:38:42 GMT local time at Folkestone, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 230.0° – heading 229°
Speed: 19 km/h
Dimensions: length 93 m width 13 m draught 5.7 m
Last path: 5BXW4>ais via G8WLY
Positions stored: 43971
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This page shows real-time information collected from the Automatic Position Reporting System Internet network (APRS-IS). APRS is used by amateur (ham) radio operators to transmit real-time position information, weather data, telemetry and messages over the radio. A vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver, a VHF transmitter or HF transceiver and a small computer device called a tracker transmits it's location, speed and course in a small data packet, which is then received by a nearby iGate receiving site which forwards the packet on the Internet. Systems connected to the Internet can send information on the APRS-IS without a radio transmitter, or collect and display information transmitted anywhere in the world.
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