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AIS vessel RIX ONYX - show graphs
Callsign: 5BWG5
MMSI number: 210307000
IMO number: 9508639
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: PT LIS (ETA 08201600)
Location: 50°13.70' N 1°43.35' W - locator IO90DF34HT - show map
45.6 km South bearing 158° from Swanage, Dorset, England, United Kingdom [?]
49.8 km Southwest bearing 215° from Chale, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
77.5 km Southwest bearing 215° from Portsmouth, City of Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
78.4 km South bearing 197° from Southampton, City of Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-08-16 06:41:40 UTC (1d 16h31m ago)
2025-08-16 07:41:40 BST local time at Swanage, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 252° – heading 249°
Speed: 22 km/h
Dimensions: length 90 m width 16 m draught 5.9 m
Last path: 5BWG5>ais via G7RUH
Positions stored: 30220
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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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