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AIS vessel BG SAPPHIRE - show graphs
Callsign: 5BYL4
MMSI number: 209247000
IMO number: 803699
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: ROTTERDAM
Location: 50°17.53' N 2°13.08' W - locator IO80VH30TD - show map
31.4 km Southeast bearing 148° from Easton, Dorset, England, United Kingdom [?]
33.8 km Southeast bearing 152° from Fortuneswell, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
89.0 km Southwest bearing 220° from Southampton, City of Southampton, England, United Kingdom
97.5 km Southwest bearing 235° from Portsmouth, City of Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-01-20 01:54:40 UTC (55s ago)
2025-01-20 01:54:40 GMT local time at Easton, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 81° – heading 81°
Speed: 32 km/h
Dimensions: length 153 m width 24 m draught 7.3 m
Last path: 5BYL4>ais via rikgale
Positions stored: 138883
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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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