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AIS vessel CHEM HOUSTON - show graphs
Callsign: D5FT8
MMSI number: 636016360
IMO number: 705720
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (80)
Destination: GRASS
Location: 36°42.18' N 13°14.08' E - locator JM66OQ88DR - show map
70.5 km South bearing 202° from Porto Empedocle, Provincia di Agrigento, Sicily, Italy [?]
72.0 km Southwest bearing 221° from Palma di Montechiaro, Provincia di Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
97.9 km Southwest bearing 245° from Gela, Provincia di Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy
113.0 km Southwest bearing 220° from Caltanissetta, Provincia di Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy
Last position: 2025-07-27 20:32:29 UTC (14d 6h30m ago)
2025-07-27 22:32:29 CEST local time at Porto Empedocle, Italy [?]
Course: 104° – heading 103°
Speed: 24 km/h
Dimensions: length 145 m width 25 m draught 9.5 m
Last path: D5FT8>ais via ir9zxa
Positions stored: 32980
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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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