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AIS vessel FORTH TIDE - show graphs
Callsign: LAFA8
MMSI number: 257154000
IMO number: 656723
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: (99)
Destination: PETERHEAD (ETA Dec12 07:00)
Location: 57°23.23' N 1°45.43' W - locator IO97CJ92DV - show map
5.6 km Southeast bearing 126° from Port Erroll, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom [?]
9.0 km South bearing 170° from Boddam, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
33.9 km Northeast bearing 37° from Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom
122.8 km Northeast bearing 36° from Dundee, Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Last position: 2026-01-26 22:37:13 UTC (1d 3h43m ago)
2026-01-26 22:37:13 GMT local time at Port Erroll, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 32° – heading 34°
Speed: 19 km/h
Dimensions: length 89 m width 19 m draught 5.7 m
Last path: LAFA8>ais via IC8HFW
Positions stored: 1851
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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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