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AIS vessel BG SAPPHIRE - show graphs
Callsign: 5BYL4
MMSI number: 209247000
IMO number: 803699
Navigational status: Moored (5)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: ROTTERDAM (ETA May28 00:30)
Location: 54°37.99' N 5°52.97' W - locator IO74BP41BX - show map
2.1 miles Southeast bearing 151° from Newtownabbey, Newtownabbey District, N Ireland, United Kingdom [?]
4.0 miles Northeast bearing 30° from Belfast, City of Belfast, N Ireland, United Kingdom
62.1 miles Southeast bearing 113° from Londonderry County Borough, N Ireland, United Kingdom
Last position: 2024-06-12 07:57:20 EDT (2d 3h8m ago)
2024-06-12 12:57:20 BST local time at Newtownabbey, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 217° – heading 217°
Speed: 0 MPH
Dimensions: length 153 m width 24 m draught 7.7 m
Last path: 5BYL4>ais via GM7HHB
Positions stored: 125296
Stations near current position of BG SAPPHIRE - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
CELEBRITYSILHOUETTE0.4 miles 182°2024-06-14 09:54:59 MARE GRATIA B9323.6 miles 35°2024-05-28 07:25:48
SEATRUCK PERFORMANCE3.8 miles 39°2024-06-14 08:34:09 GI5KSO4.0 miles 251°2024-06-05 18:09:13
PILOT BOAT HIBERNIA4.0 miles 44°2024-06-11 07:39:21 GI4RNP-Y4.7 miles 318°2024-06-13 07:41:37
GI4RNP-74.7 miles 318°2024-06-14 05:48:58 GI0USC-105.9 miles 236°2024-06-04 08:10:24
PIPPA 65.9 miles 35°2024-06-02 06:19:16 INDIA6.0 miles 29°2024-06-07 11:27:37
BODKIN6.0 miles 27°2024-06-11 13:46:58 MEGAERA6.0 miles 27°2024-06-08 12:06:20
BALTHASAR6.1 miles 28°2024-05-21 12:38:11 GENTLE SPIRIT6.1 miles 29°2024-06-14 10:01:09
GI4OYG-96.5 miles 22°2024-06-13 13:02:52 MACKENZIE 16.6 miles 46°2024-05-18 07:16:21
WILD OTTER6.8 miles 50°2024-06-14 09:59:59 PILOT BOAT 47.1 miles 51°2024-05-17 08:36:52
SILVER RIVER7.2 miles 59°2024-06-12 08:49:20 STENA SUPERFAST VIII7.2 miles 49°2024-06-14 08:17:09
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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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