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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°29.48' N 0°52.60' E - locator JO01KL57EV - show map
6.2 miles Northeast bearing 54° from Sheerness, Kent, England, United Kingdom [?]
6.8 miles North bearing 343° from Leysdown-on-Sea, Kent, England, United Kingdom
41.7 miles East bearing 92° from City of London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
43.1 miles East bearing 91° from London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-02-05 08:43:02 EST (23h2m ago)
2025-02-05 13:43:02 GMT local time at Sheerness, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 274.7° – heading 277°
Speed: 9 MPH
Dimensions: length 134 m width 24 m draught 9.0 m
Last path: V7AO4>ais via G7OCD
Positions stored: 38032
Stations near current position of THE CHIEF - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
WILHELMINE0.3 miles 174°2025-02-06 07:45:00 MSC LAURA0.4 miles 102°2025-02-05 16:39:15
LADY MARIA FISHER0.4 miles 190°2025-02-05 12:39:09 KAPRIFOL0.5 miles 137°2025-02-04 11:41:29
NAVI SUN0.7 miles 92°2025-02-05 21:00:28 SAND FALCON0.8 miles 22°2025-02-04 08:27:43
SCOT NAVIGATOR1.0 miles 175°2025-01-30 10:09:38 NORSKY1.1 miles 118°2025-02-05 18:24:35
BEAUMAGIC1.4 miles 222°2025-01-31 09:44:59 NORBANK2.0 miles 112°2025-02-06 07:30:23
DEE FISHER2.0 miles 113°2025-02-01 18:28:58 ADELINE2.3 miles 269°2025-02-06 07:43:15
FRI LAKE2.4 miles 272°2025-02-04 20:51:42 LOTUS2.8 miles 108°2025-01-30 00:25:51
REIMERSWAAL2.8 miles 272°2025-02-05 20:58:36 FAST SIM3.0 miles 264°2025-02-04 07:53:50
CELANDINE3.4 miles 104°2025-02-05 19:33:13 LONGSTONE3.4 miles 104°2025-02-06 07:30:23
WILSON MOSEL3.5 miles 75°2025-01-09 17:45:45 BALTIC BRIGHT3.5 miles 103°2025-02-04 07:06:30
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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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