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AIS vessel CHESHIRE - show graphs
Callsign: A8QK2
MMSI number: 636013947
IMO number: 369772
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (80)
Destination: DZAZW
Location: 35°53.68' N 0°11.41' W - locator IM95VV74ER - show map
14.2 km Northeast bearing 45° from Aïn el Bya, Oran, Algeria [?]
25.5 km West bearing 261° from Mostaganem, Mostaganem, Algeria
46.6 km Northeast bearing 61° from Oran, Oran, Algeria
87.9 km Northeast bearing 27° from Sidi Bel Abbès, Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria
Last position: 2025-12-10 00:04:58 UTC (1m14s ago)
2025-12-10 01:04:58 CET local time at Aïn el Bya, Algeria [?]
Course: 298° – heading 226°
Speed: 1 km/h
Dimensions: length 174 m width 28 m draught 6.8 m
Last path: A8QK2>ais via EB5IVB
Positions stored: 43299
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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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