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AIS vessel BBC TOPAZ - show graphs
Callsign: V2FF8
MMSI number: 305663000
IMO number: 9506734
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: TRIZM
Location: 37°44.13' N 16°17.43' E - locator JM87DR46UM - show map
18.8 miles Southeast bearing 147° from Brancaleone, Provincia di Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy [?]
22.3 miles Southeast bearing 149° from Bruzzano Zeffirio, Provincia di Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy
51.2 miles Southeast bearing 128° from Messina, Provincia di Messina, Sicily, Italy
67.8 miles East bearing 76° from Catania, Provincia di Catania, Sicily, Italy
Last position: 2024-05-08 05:35:49 EDT (7d 9h7m ago)
2024-05-08 11:35:49 CEST local time at Brancaleone, Italy [?]
Course: 106° – heading 106°
Speed: 20 MPH
Dimensions: length 154 m width 24 m draught 6.5 m
Last path: V2FF8>ais via IW9GDC
Positions stored: 5322
Stations near current position of BBC TOPAZ - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
MIRA AKAY322.5 yards 105°2024-05-14 15:04:00 MSC OPERA0.3 miles 131°2024-05-14 02:44:28
FIRAT1.1 miles 14°2024-05-14 11:21:42 WECO KAROLINE1.4 miles 49°2024-05-13 13:19:39
TAHSIN IMAMOGLU1.5 miles 24°2024-04-15 22:00:42 UGURS2.5 miles 85°2024-04-18 07:57:13
MARTINE P3.6 miles 60°2024-05-03 10:07:25 ASLIHAN4.5 miles 23°2024-05-01 16:03:58
WERRATAL4.6 miles 16°2024-04-18 15:10:47 SAMSARA4.8 miles 119°2024-04-30 13:00:13
AURORA ONE5.0 miles 7°2024-05-14 15:28:09 WE EXPLORE5.1 miles 319°2024-05-12 22:22:19
GULF BLUE6.2 miles 78°2024-05-13 06:53:46 JAGUAR 16.4 miles 338°2024-04-19 19:40:45
IVY 16.5 miles 220°2024-05-14 02:01:11 ITALIA II6.7 miles 336°2024-05-06 17:52:57
STELLA POLARIS6.7 miles 304°2024-04-30 18:02:03 AMELIE BORCHARD6.9 miles 242°2024-05-10 04:17:38
MANUIA7.0 miles 335°2024-05-12 15:47:10 CI YUN SHAN7.0 miles 67°2024-05-15 08:30:09
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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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