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AIS vessel THE CHIEF - show graphs
Callsign: V7AO4
MMSI number: 538005036
IMO number: 492361
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (89)
Destination: FOR ORDERS (ETA Feb05 08:00)
Location: 51°06.96' N 1°43.79' E - locator JO01UC77NU - show map
19.0 km North bearing 355° from Sangatte, Département du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France [?]
19.5 km Northwest bearing 334° from Calais, Département du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
107.5 km Northwest bearing 300° from Lille, Département du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
115.7 km East bearing 108° from Bexley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-03-09 17:27:51 UTC (2d 8h30m ago)
2025-03-09 18:27:51 CET local time at Sangatte, France [?]
Course: 50° – heading 55°
Speed: 17 km/h
Dimensions: length 134 m width 24 m draught 5.9 m
Last path: V7AO4>ais via G8WLY
Positions stored: 39309
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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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