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AIS vessel BBC CHALLENGER - show graphs
Callsign: V2FB8
MMSI number: 305315000
IMO number: 369095
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: ESCEU (ETA Jan22 16:30)
Location: 36°00.38' N 4°39.59' W - locator IM76QA01TM - show map
37.8 miles East bearing 77° from Ceuta, Ceuta, Ceuta, Spain [?]
39.8 miles East bearing 104° from Gibraltar, Gibraltar
51.1 miles South bearing 195° from Málaga, Provincia de Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
65.9 miles East bearing 75° from Tangier, Tanger-Assilah, Tanger-Tétouan, Morocco
Last position: 2025-01-22 07:05:38 EST (15d 33m ago)
2025-01-22 13:05:38 CET local time at Ceuta, Spain [?]
Course: 258° – heading 256°
Speed: 14 MPH
Dimensions: length 146 m width 18 m draught 7.2 m
Persons on board: 12 (2015-01-27 13:27:53 EST – 3662d 18h11m ago)
Last path: V2FB8>ais via ea7kqr
Positions stored: 42816
Stations near current position of BBC CHALLENGER - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
WEC MAJORELLE2.1 miles 309°2025-01-26 02:15:23 KONYA2.2 miles 346°2025-01-16 02:13:21
EMERALD3.1 miles 255°2025-01-30 08:38:24 LOBITO3.2 miles 322°2025-01-30 12:57:38
HANA I3.6 miles 309°2025-02-06 03:17:12 HAJH AMINA3.8 miles 282°2025-01-11 01:58:37
MYKONOS3.8 miles 234°2025-01-16 08:37:59 NABOLSI3.8 miles 111°2025-02-05 06:19:33
ORIENTAL DAPHNE3.9 miles 339°2025-02-05 19:23:54 VIVIT AFRICA LNG4.5 miles 43°2025-02-03 19:40:48
TEAL RAY4.7 miles 98°2025-02-04 20:53:59 MARAN HERMES4.7 miles 339°2025-02-01 12:06:45
ELEVATION5.0 miles 9°2025-01-17 07:41:32 MAERSK GENOA5.1 miles 60°2025-02-05 12:48:31
VOULA5.3 miles 271°2025-01-27 00:51:01 HIGH MARINER5.5 miles 341°2025-02-06 07:35:31
MANASSA QUEEN5.8 miles 56°2025-01-23 12:50:40 PACIFIC DONGYING5.8 miles 351°2025-01-22 13:46:37
HLS FLUORITE5.9 miles 313°2025-01-30 16:19:21 ANTIKITHIRA6.0 miles 334°2025-02-02 07:04:32
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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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