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Callsign: A8SX6
MMSI number: 636091788
IMO number: 468102
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: BRVIX (ETA Nov26 23:00)
Location: 51°08.20' N 1°47.05' E - locator JO01VD42CT - show map
20.4 km North bearing 347° from Calais, Département du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France [?]
21.3 km North bearing 6° from Sangatte, Département du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
105.4 km Northwest bearing 303° from Lille, Département du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
118.6 km East bearing 106° from Bexley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2026-01-21 14:59:35 UTC (5d 6h59m ago)
2026-01-21 15:59:35 CET local time at Calais, France [?]
Course: 62° – heading 67°
Speed: 27 km/h
Dimensions: length 139 m width 21 m draught 6.3 m
Last path: A8SX6>ais via G8WLY
Positions stored: 24096
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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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