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Callsign: 8PBI4
MMSI number: 314612000
IMO number: 230000
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: CN TAO
Location: 49°59.08' N 2°58.42' W - locator IN89MX36DH - show map
59.4 km Southeast bearing 133° from Dartmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom [?]
59.7 km Southeast bearing 140° from Brixham, Borough of Torbay, England, United Kingdom
93.7 km Southeast bearing 117° from Plymouth, City of Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
150.9 km Southwest bearing 228° from Southampton, City of Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-02-28 03:27:44 UTC (6d 4h56m ago)
2025-02-28 03:27:44 GMT local time at Dartmouth, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 239° – heading 511°
Speed: 24 km/h
Dimensions: length 200 m width 24 m draught 9.6 m
Last path: 8PBI4>ais via rikgale
Positions stored: 22375
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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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