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AIS vessel VAIL SPIRIT - show graphs
Callsign: C6BQ8
MMSI number: 311000338
IMO number: 399478
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (80)
Destination: FOR ORDERS
Location: 50°12.91' N 1°42.80' W - locator IO90DF41JP - show map
29.3 miles South bearing 158° from Swanage, Dorset, England, United Kingdom [?]
31.5 miles Southwest bearing 214° from Chale, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
48.7 miles Southwest bearing 214° from Portsmouth, City of Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
49.5 miles South bearing 196° from Southampton, City of Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2024-11-24 11:27:25 EST (3d 17h19m ago)
2024-11-24 16:27:25 GMT local time at Swanage, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 257° – heading 245°
Speed: 6 MPH
Dimensions: length 275 m width 48 m draught 9.2 m
Last path: C6BQ8>ais via G7RUH
Positions stored: 7900
Stations near current position of VAIL SPIRIT - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
KONINGSBORG0.4 miles 196°2024-11-13 17:56:32 NAVIGATOR GENESIS1.5 miles 221°2024-11-28 03:17:38
FRANKOPAN1.6 miles 43°2024-11-28 03:22:41 IMMENSITY1.6 miles 233°2024-11-27 22:50:02
SEA PEARL2.2 miles 75°2024-11-25 03:35:50 KOTLAS2.4 miles 82°2024-11-28 01:31:33
MAZURY2.5 miles 87°2024-11-24 22:33:02 2575473923.9 miles 4°2024-11-25 21:26:09
GENCO RESOLUTE5.9 miles 254°2024-11-28 04:16:45 WESERBORG6.0 miles 81°2024-11-24 18:31:07
YILDIZ6.2 miles 84°2024-11-25 20:10:31 POLARSTERN6.2 miles 65°2024-11-28 03:32:48
SEA TURTLE6.3 miles 87°2024-11-20 16:55:36 OCEAN TRADER6.4 miles 78°2024-11-28 00:36:01
HANOVER SQUARE6.6 miles 327°2024-11-28 04:43:36 MSC TUXPAN6.7 miles 92°2024-11-28 02:57:25
KIRA OLDENDORFF6.7 miles 81°2024-11-03 23:12:55 EEMS FIVEL6.8 miles 72°2024-11-25 19:35:14
LILLO SWAN7.1 miles 76°2024-11-26 04:24:47 GREEN HONDURAS7.4 miles 66°2024-11-27 17:17:06
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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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